Birmingham VA HealthCare System Rainbow City VA Clinic

Birmingham VA HealthCare System Rainbow City VA Clinic

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Adults
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

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

• Outpatient

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

Type of Care

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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

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

Emergency Mental Health Services

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

Ancillary Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Treatment Approaches

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

Testing

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