VA Western Colorado Healthcare System Veteran Recovery Center

VA Western Colorado Healthcare System Veteran Recovery Center

Services:
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

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Other Services

• Treatment for other addiction disorder
• Treatment for gambling disorder

Treatment Approaches

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

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Active duty military
• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Education and Counseling Services

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicare
• Private health insurance
• Medicaid

Ancillary Services

• Mental health services
• Case management service
• Transportation assistance
• Suicide prevention services
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Employment counseling or training
• Recovery coach

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

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

Transitional Services

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

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

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Testing

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies

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