Alliance Medical Services Inc Pittsburgh

Types of Care:

• residential treatment for heroin abuse

Service Settings:

• outpatient heroin rehabilitation
• intensive outpatient heroin treatment services
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient heroin treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Methadone clinical treatment

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment:

• Does not provide alcohol rehab

Type Of Treatment:

• methadone maintenance

Pharmacotherapies:

• Methadone

Treatment Approaches:

• anger management
• brief intervention
• CBT
• motivational incentives
• dialectical behavior therapy
• motivational interviewing
• relapse prevention
• substance use counseling approach

Facility Ownership:

• a private for-profit organization

License/Certification/Accreditation:

• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Certified by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Accepts Medicaid
• Accepts private health insurance
• Accepts self payment and cash

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• residential heroin rehab for adult women
• heroin rehab for postpartum women
• in-patient heroin rehab for adult men

Assessment/Pre-treatment:

• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Outreach to persons in the community

Screening & Testing:

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Screening for Hepatitis B
• Screening for Hepatitis C
• Screening for mental disorders
• Screening for substance use
• TB screening
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing

Transitional Services:

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

Ancillary Services:

• recovery management
• domestic violence services
• HIV early intervention
• housing services
• social skills training
• help with transportation
• peer support

Counseling Services and Education:

• individual counseling
• group counseling
• substance use education
• hepatitis education, counseling and support
• HIV and AIDS support
• health education services
• employment counseling and training

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Screening for tobacco use
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counseling

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted:

• accepts adults
• accepts young adults

Gender Accepted:

• inpatient heroin rehab for women
• in-patient heroin rehab for men

Exclusive Services:

• Methadone clients only
• All Clients in Opioid Treatment Program