Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs

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

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

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

Type of Care

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

Transitional Services

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• The Joint Commission

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Testing

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Education and Counseling Services

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

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

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

Recovery Support Services

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Medical Services

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

Ancillary Services

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