Cobb VA Specialty Clinic

Cobb VA Specialty Clinic

Services:
Special Programs/Groups Offered
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Veterans
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Transitional Services

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

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

• Regular outpatient treatment
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Outpatient detoxification
• Outpatient

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• In-network prescribing entity
• Other contracted prescribing entity

Education and Counseling Services

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

Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Medical Services

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

Type of Care

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

Recovery Support Services

• Mentoring/peer support
• Housing services

External Opioid Medications Source

• Other contracted prescribing entity
• In-network prescribing entity

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping not permitted

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

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

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

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

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

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

Testing

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

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

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

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Pharmacotherapies

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

Assessment/Pre-treatment

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

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

License/Certification/Accreditation

• The Joint Commission

Ancillary Services

• Case management service
• Mental health services
• Suicide prevention services

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Buprenorphine maintenance