Alaska VA Healthcare System

Types of Care:

• supervised heroin detox
• halfway house
• residential treatment for heroin use

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin treatment
• long term heroin rehab
• outpatient heroin detoxification
• partial hospitalization
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment
• residential heroin detox
• long term residential heroin rehab
• short term inpatient heroin rehab

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine clinical treatment
• Naltrexone clinical treatment

External Opioid Medications Source:

• In-network prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• In-network prescribing entity

Type Of Treatment:

• suboxone prescription
• naltrexone administration
• relapse prevention from naltrexone

Pharmacotherapies:

• Acamprosate (Campral)
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable, for example, Sublocade)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable naltrexone - Vivitrol)
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Lofexidine
• Clonidine

Treatment Approaches:

• motivational incentives
• community reinforcement
• rational emotive behavioral therapy

Facility Ownership:

• the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• Hospital licensing authority

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Medicare
• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts state health insurance

Payment Assistance Available:

• Provides payment assistance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• in-patient heroin rehab for adult men
• heroin rehab for seniors
• LGBT heroin rehab

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• Testing for metabolic syndrome

Transitional Services:

• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Ancillary Services:

• HIV early intervention
• sober housing services
• recovery training
• self-help groups
• group meetings

Detoxification:

• inpatient alcohol detox
• inpatient heroin detox

Counseling Services and Education:

• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV/AIDS counseling
• health education services
• educational support

Medical Services:

• Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking not allowed

Age Groups Accepted:

• adult heroin rehab
• accepts young adults over 18

Gender Accepted:

• inpatient heroin rehab for women
• heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Serves Veterans only