East Boston Neighborhood Health Center

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Recovery coach
• Assistance with obtaining social services

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Education and Counseling Services

• Individual counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• Group counseling

Type of Care

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

Ancillary Services

• Mental health services
• Early intervention for HIV
• Integrated primary care services

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Screening for tobacco use
• Screening for mental disorders
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for substance use
• Comprehensive mental health assessment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Pharmacotherapies

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Relapse prevention
• Motivational interviewing
• Trauma-related counseling

License/Certification/Accreditation

• The Joint Commission
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• State department of health
• State Substance use treatment agency
• Federally Qualified Health Center
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

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

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

Medical Services

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

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Prescribes buprenorphine

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Naloxone and overdose education

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

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

• Private non-profit organization