VA Augusta Healthcare System Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medic

VA Augusta Healthcare System Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs Medic

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

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Recovery Support Services

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

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

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Ancillary Services

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

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

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Medical Services

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

Education and Counseling Services

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Pharmacotherapies

• Nicotine replacement
• Clonidine
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Medication for mental disorders
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Lofexidine
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Disulfiram
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Buprenorphine sub-dermal implant

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Testing

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

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Transitional Services

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