Central Texas VA Healthcare Services

Central Texas VA Healthcare Services

Services:
Age Groups Accepted
• Adults
• Young Adults

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

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Medicare
• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• In-network prescribing entity
• No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Type of Care

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

Recovery Support Services

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Veterans
• Clients who have experienced trauma
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse

Testing

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Education and Counseling Services

• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Substance use disorder education
• Marital/couples counseling
• Individual counseling
• Family counseling
• Group counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

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

• Outpatient detoxification
• Long-term residential
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Residential detoxification
• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Short-term residential
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Outpatient
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Regular outpatient treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Language Services

• Spanish

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Federally Qualified Health Center
• The Joint Commission
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Prescribes naltrexone
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance

Transitional Services

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

Ancillary Services

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

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Medical Services

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder