Department of Veteran Affairs Hospital

Department of Veteran Affairs Hospital

Services:
Gender Accepted
• Male
• Female

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Type of Opioid Treatment

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

Ancillary Services

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

Medical Services

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Transitional Services

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

Testing

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

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

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

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Education and Counseling Services

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

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder

License/Certification/Accreditation

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Cash or self-payment

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Treatment Approaches

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

Type of Care

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

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

• Short-term residential
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Outpatient detoxification
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Residential detoxification
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient
• Intensive outpatient treatment

Recovery Support Services

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

Pharmacotherapies

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