Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs

Services:
Testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• TB screening
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• STD testing
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring

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

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Screening for tobacco use
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for substance use
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for mental disorders

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Prescribes buprenorphine

Recovery Support Services

• Recovery coach
• Employment counseling or training
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Discharge Planning
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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

• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient detoxification

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Care

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Treatment Approaches

• Anger management
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Brief intervention
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Trauma-related counseling
• Relapse prevention
• 12-step facilitation
• Contingency management/motivational incentives

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

• Cocaine Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Opioids detoxification
• Methamphetamines detoxification
• Alcohol Detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification

Education and Counseling Services

• Marital/couples counseling
• Group counseling
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Family counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Substance use disorder education
• Individual counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Adult women
• Seniors or older adults
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Young adults
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Members of military families
• Active duty military
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Adult men
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Veterans

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• The Joint Commission

Ancillary Services

• Social skills development
• Transportation assistance
• Early intervention for HIV
• Case management service
• Mental health services
• Suicide prevention services
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Integrated primary care services

Medical Services

• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Pharmacotherapies

• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Clonidine
• Medication for mental disorders
• Disulfiram
• Nicotine replacement
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Medications for HIV treatment