Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Treatment and Recovery

Veterans Affairs Medical Center Substance Treatment and Recovery

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Recovery Support Services

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

Transitional Services

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

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Methadone used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

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
• Detoxification
• Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Ancillary Services

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

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Testing

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
• The Joint Commission
• Hospital licensing authority
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• Federally Qualified Health Center

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

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Private health insurance
• No payment accepted
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Pharmacotherapies

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

Medical Services

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

Language Services

• Spanish

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

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Outpatient
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Hospital inpatient treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Methadone detoxification
• Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Methadone maintenance
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification

Education and Counseling Services

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

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted