Birmingham VA HealthCare System Rainbow City VA Clinic

Birmingham VA HealthCare System Rainbow City VA Clinic

Services:
Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
• Private health insurance
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Medicare

Facility Type

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center or other VA healthcare facility

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

• Outpatient

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support

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

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults
• Seniors

Testing

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Veterans

Treatment Approaches

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

Ancillary Services

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Care

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Emergency Mental Health Services

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