Stepping Stones Unit at Meadville Medical Center

Stepping Stones Unit at Meadville Medical Center

Services:
Education and Counseling Services
• Group counseling
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Substance use disorder education
• Marital/couples counseling
• Family counseling
• Individual counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders

Type of Opioid Treatment

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• State Substance use treatment agency
• State department of health
• Hospital licensing authority

Recovery Support Services

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Transitional Services

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

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Pharmacotherapies

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Detoxification

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

External Opioid Medications Source

• In-network prescribing entity
• Other contracted prescribing entity

Treatment Approaches

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

Ancillary Services

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

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for substance use
• Interim services for clients
• Screening for tobacco use
• Comprehensive substance use assessment

Medical Services

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

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

• Private non-profit organization

Testing

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• In-network prescribing entity

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

• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Hospital inpatient treatment

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female