LifeSpring Health Systems Austin Medical Center

LifeSpring Health Systems Austin Medical Center

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Pharmacotherapies

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Education and Counseling Services

• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Recovery Support Services

• Housing services
• Mentoring/peer support

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

• Outpatient

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults
• Seniors

Facility Type

• Community mental health center

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State education agency funds
• County or local government funds
• Other State funds
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Medicare
• Cash or self-payment
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• Community Service Block Grants
• U.S. Department of VA funds
• Private health insurance
• Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds

Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services

Testing

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

Type of Care

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

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

• Private non-profit organization

Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Group therapy
• Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Couples/family therapy

Ancillary Services

• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Suicide prevention services
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Illness management and recovery
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Case management service
• Education services

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Screening for tobacco use

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Federally Qualified Health Center