Nassau Alternative Advocacy Program OP SA Treatment and Patient Advocacy

Nassau Alternative Advocacy Program OP SA Treatment and Patient Advocacy

Services:
License/Certification/Accreditation
• State Substance use treatment agency
• State department of health

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Pharmacotherapies

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

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

Recovery Support Services

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

Payment Assistance Available

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

Ancillary Services

• Acupuncture
• Suicide prevention services
• Mental health services
• Early intervention for HIV
• Integrated primary care services
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner

Treatment Approaches

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

Testing

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

• Private non-profit organization

Education and Counseling Services

• Group counseling
• Family counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Substance use disorder education
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Individual counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Transitional Services

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

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

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
• Detoxification

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Medical Services

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Children/Adolescents

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity
• Other contracted prescribing entity
• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Private health insurance
• Medicaid
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Cash or self-payment

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

External Opioid Medications Source

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• In-network prescribing entity

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

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

Language Services

• Spanish

Exclusive Services

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients