VA Puget Sound Healthcare System American Lake Division

Services & Programs

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Education and Counseling Services

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

Gender Accepted

• Male
• Female

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

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

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

Transitional Services

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

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

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Recovery Support Services

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

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

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

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Medical Services

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Ancillary Services

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Testing

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Location

Address: 9600 Veterans Drive SW, Tacoma, WA 98493

Phone: (866) 418-3591

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

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