VA Puget Sound Healthcare System American Lake Division

Services

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Treatment Approaches

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Type of Opioid Treatment

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

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Education and Counseling Services

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

Recovery Support Services

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

Testing

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

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity

Transitional Services

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

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Adults
• Young Adults

Ancillary Services

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

License/Certification/Accreditation

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

Special Programs/Groups Offered

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

Language Services

• Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

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

Medical Services

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

Type of Care

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

Pharmacotherapies

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

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

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

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

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

Location

9600 Veterans Drive SW, Tacoma, WA 98493

Phone: (866) 453-5762

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

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