Alaska VA Healthcare System

Types of Care:

• detoxification
• transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home
• substance use treatment

Service Settings:

• outpatient treatment
• residential treatment
• outpatient detoxification
• outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• intensive outpatient treatment
• outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• regular outpatient treatment
• residential detoxification
• long-term residential treatment
• short-term residential treatment

Opioid Medications used in Treatment:

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in 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
• naltrexone administration
• 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:

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• Hospital licensing authority

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted:

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Payment Assistance Available:

• Payment assistance

Special Programs/ Population Groups Supported:

• adult men
• seniors and older adults
• 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:

• Early intervention for HIV
• Housing services
• Recovery coaches
• Self-help groups
• Mentoring/Peer support

Detoxification:

• Alcohol Detox
• Opioid Detox

Counseling Services and Education:

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

Medical Services:

• Hepatitis B vaccination

Tobacco/Screening Services:

• Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy:

• Smoking not permitted

Age Groups Accepted:

• adults
• young adults

Gender Accepted:

• women
• men

Exclusive Services:

• Serves Veterans only