VA Puget Sound Healthcare System American Lake Division

Services

Transitional Services

• Naloxone and overdose education
• Discharge Planning
• Aftercare/continuing care

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Ancillary Services

• Transportation assistance
• Early intervention for HIV
• Suicide prevention services
• Integrated primary care services
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Social skills development
• Child care for clients' children
• Case management service
• Mental health services

Recovery Support Services

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

Education and Counseling Services

• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Substance use disorder education
• Marital/couples counseling
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Individual counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Group counseling

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Methadone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Type of Care

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

• State department of health
• State Substance use treatment agency
• Hospital licensing authority
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
• The Joint Commission
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
• State mental health department

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Treatment Approaches

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

Medical Services

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Federally-certified Opioid Treatment Program
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Methadone detoxification
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Methadone maintenance

Pharmacotherapies

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

Testing

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

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

• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Residential detoxification
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient detoxification
• Outpatient
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Short-term residential

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Adult women
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Veterans
• Adult men

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

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

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

Location

9600 Veterans Drive SW, Tacoma, WA 98493

Phone: (866) 453-5835

Website: http://www.va.gov/pugetsound

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