Amarillo VA Healthcare System

Amarillo VA Healthcare System

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Young Adults
• Adults

Recovery Support Services

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Ancillary Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

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

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Education and Counseling Services

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

Testing

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• The Joint Commission

Type of Care

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

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Transitional Services

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

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

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

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Treatment Approaches

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

Medical Services

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder