Fort McPherson VA Clinic

Fort McPherson VA Clinic

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

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• In-network prescribing entity

Medical Services

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

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

• Residential/24-hour residential
• Outpatient
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Outpatient detoxification
• Long-term residential
• Residential detoxification
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

External Opioid Medications Source

• In-network prescribing entity
• Other contracted prescribing entity

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Transitional Services

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

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Testing

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• The Joint Commission
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

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

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• Medicare
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Veterans

Ancillary Services

• Integrated primary care services
• Case management service
• Social skills development
• Suicide prevention services
• Transportation assistance
• Mental health services

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Buprenorphine detoxification

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

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

Recovery Support Services

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

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)