Notice of Nondiscrimination

FHN complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

FHN

  • Provides people with disabilities reasonable modifications and free appropriate auxiliary aids and services to communicate effectively with us, such as:
    • Qualified sign language interpreters
    • Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats).
  • Provides free language assistance services to people whose primary language is not English, which may include:
    • Qualified interpreters
    • Information written in other languages

If you need reasonable modifications, appropriate auxiliary aids and services, or language assistance services, contact 815-599-6000.

Your right to file a grievance

If you believe that FHN has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), age, disability, or sex, you can file a grievance with:

    FHN Memorial Hospital
    Quality Department
    Patient Focused Consultant
    1045 West Stephenson Street
    Freeport, IL 61032
    wecare@fhn.org
    815-599-6356

You can file a grievance in person, by phone, by email or by mail. If you need help filing a grievance, a Patient Focused Consultant 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 at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov, 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
    1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)

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