Alaska VA Healthcare System

Services & Programs

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for mental disorders
• Interim services for clients
• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Screening for substance use
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Screening for tobacco use

Transitional Services

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

Ancillary Services

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

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

• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Long-term residential
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Outpatient
• Short-term residential
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Regular outpatient treatment

Treatment Approaches

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

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

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

Pharmacotherapies

• Nicotine replacement
• Medication for mental disorders
• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Disulfiram
• Buprenorphine sub-dermal implant
• Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Lofexidine
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Type of Opioid Treatment

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Recovery Support Services

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

External Opioid Medications Source

• In-network prescribing entity

Testing

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

Type of Care

• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
• Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home
• Substance use treatment

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Adult women
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Veterans
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Seniors or older adults
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Adult men
• Young adults
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients who have experienced trauma

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Medical Services

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Education and Counseling Services

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

Location

Address: 3001 C Street, Anchorage, AK 99503

Phone: (866) 418-3591

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

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