• Provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as:

        o Qualified sign language interpreters

        o Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats)

• Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as:

        o Qualified interpreters

        o Information written in other languages 

If you need these services, contact Susan O’Connor, Vice President and General Counsel, at One Monarch Place, Suite 1500, Springfield, MA 01104-1500, Phone: (888) 270-0189, TTY: 711, Fax: (413) 233-2685.

If you believe that Health New England has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with: Susan O’Connor at the above address, phone or fax, or via email to ComplaintsAppeals@hne.com. You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax, or email. If you need help filing a grievance, Susan O’Connor, Vice President and General Counsel, is available to help you.  

You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 509F, HHH Building, Washington, DC 20201, (800) 368-1019, (800) 537-7697 (TDD).

Complaint forms are available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.