Alaska VA Healthcare System

Alaska VA Healthcare System - Anchorage, AK

Alaska Va Healthcare System is a substance and mental health rehab center located at 3001 C Street in the 99503 zip code in Anchorage, AK. It is operated by the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Alaska Va Healthcare System provides relapse prevention from naltrexone, administers naltrexone and suboxone prescription. Some of the treatment approaches used by Alaska Va Healthcare System include rational emotive behavioral therapy, community reinforcement and motivational incentives. Alaska Va Healthcare System also specializes in detox services and offers inpatient opioid detox and inpatient alcohol detox. Alaska Va Healthcare System provides long-term rehab, outpatient detoxification and short term inpatient rehab. It also provides residential treatment for substance use, inpatient detoxification and sober living.

Address: 3001 C Street, Anchorage, AK 99503

  1. Types of Care
  2. Service Settings
  3. Opioid Medications used in Treatment
  4. External Opioid Medications Source
  5. Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  6. External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
  7. Type Of Treatment
  8. Pharmacotherapies
  9. Treatment Approaches
  10. Facility Ownership
  11. License/Certification/Accreditation
  12. Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted
  13. Payment Assistance Available
  14. Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported
  15. Assessment/Pre-treatment
  16. Screening & Testing
  17. Transitional Services
  18. Ancillary Services
  19. Detoxification
  20. Counseling Services and Education
  21. Medical Services
  22. Tobacco/Screening Services
  23. Facility Smoking Policy
  24. Age Groups Accepted
  25. Gender Accepted
  26. Exclusive Services

Here are the full facility listing details on Alaska VA Healthcare System in Anchorage, AK:

Types of Care:

  • inpatient detox
  • transitional and sober living
  • residential substance abuse treatment

Service Settings:

  • outpatient rehabilitation
  • long-term rehab
  • outpatient detox
  • outpatient day treatment
  • IOT
  • outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • regular outpatient treatment
  • residential detoxification
  • one year inpatient rehab
  • 30 and 60 day inpatient rehab programs

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

  • Buprenorphine clinical treatment
  • Naltrexone 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
  • administers naltrexone
  • 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:

  • Payment assistance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

  • rehab for adult men
  • rehab for older adults
  • rehab for LGBT

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 coaches
  • self help meetings
  • group meetings

Detoxification:

  • inpatient alcohol detoxification
  • inpatient opioid detox

Counseling Services and Education:

  • hepatitis education, counseling and support
  • HIV and AIDS education
  • health education services
  • vocational training

Medical Services:

  • Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services:

  • Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy:

  • Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted:

  • accepts adults
  • accepts young adults

Gender Accepted:

  • women
  • men

Exclusive Services:

  • Veteran rehab only

Phone #: 907-273-4011

Call (888) 303-2026 to get 24/7 help with treatment.

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