Birmingham VA HealthCare System Rainbow City VA Clinic

Birmingham VA HealthCare System Rainbow City VA Clinic

Services:
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)
• Outpatient

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Testing

• Laboratory testing
• HIV testing
• TB screening
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• STD testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Legal advocacy
• Family psychoeducation
• Suicide prevention services

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Mental health treatment
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Age Groups Accepted

• Seniors
• Young Adults
• Adults

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Treatment Approaches

• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Abnormal involuntary movement scale
• Group therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Federal Government

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Psychiatric emergency onsite services
• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Pharmacotherapies

• Clozapine
• Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
• Haloperidol
• Nicotine replacement
• Fluphenazine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation