Col C David Merkel MD Veterans Residential Program

Col C David Merkel MD Veterans Residential Program

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

Recovery Support Services

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• State department of health
• State Substance use treatment agency

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Ancillary Services

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

Gender Accepted

• Male

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Medicaid
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Cash or self-payment

Type of Care

• Detoxification
• Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Substance use treatment

Treatment Approaches

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

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

• Private non-profit organization

Transitional Services

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Use methadone/buprenorphine for pain management or emergency dosing
• Buprenorphine maintenance

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Pharmacotherapies

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

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

• Long-term residential
• Short-term residential
• Residential/24-hour residential

Education and Counseling Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Active duty military
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Members of military families
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Adult men
• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced trauma

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder
• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted