Health and Human Service Hotlines

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255

Department of Mental Health Cape & Islands Crisis Hotline
1-800-322-1356

Elder Abuse Hotline
1-800-922-2275 (V/TDD)

Child-At-Risk Hotline
800-792-5200

Baby Safe Haven Hotline
866-814-SAFE (7233)

Transitional Assistance Fraud Hotline
800-FRAUD-99 (800-372-8399)

Request Emergency Interpreter
800-249-9949 (V/TTY)

Disabled Persons Protection Commission Hotline
800-426-9009

Safelink: Domestic Violence Hotline
877-785-2020 - 877-521-2601 (TTY)

Veterans Crisis Line
800-273-8255, Press 1

Health Insurance Consumer Assistance

Agencies that provide health insurance consumer assistance:

  • Attorney General’s Insurance Hotline 1-888-830-6277
  • Commonwealth Care 1-877-623-6765 (enrollment and eligibility)
  • Division of Insurance Consumer Hotline 1-617-521-7777 (health insurers licensed in Massachusetts)
  • Federal Office of Employee Benefits Security Administration 1-866-444-3272 (Employer self-funded health plans and federal Department of Labor rules)
  • Executive Office of Elder Affairs 1-800-243-4636

Questions or complaints about a Massachusetts hospital or nursing home, can be addressed by the Division of Health Care Quality at 1-800-462-5540. Questions or complaints about a physician, can be addressed by the Board of Registration in Medicine at 1-800-377-0550.