Community Health Connections Inc Fitchburg Community Health Center

Community Health Connections Inc Fitchburg Community Health Center

Services:
Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Education and Counseling Services

• 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
• Family counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Individual counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• Group counseling

Treatment Approaches

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

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

• Private non-profit organization

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Other contracted prescribing entity

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Recovery Support Services

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

Testing

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State Substance use treatment agency
• State department of health
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
• Federally Qualified Health Center

Ancillary Services

• Transportation assistance
• Suicide prevention services
• Early intervention for HIV
• Acupuncture
• Social skills development
• Mental health services
• Case management service
• Integrated primary care services

Type of Care

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Medical Services

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

Language Services

• Spanish
• Other languages (excluding Spanish)
• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

External Opioid Medications Source

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• In-network prescribing entity

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Transitional Services

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

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

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

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Other Languages

• Portuguese

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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