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Drug Addiction Facts

  • A many as 40% of college students misusing prescription stimulant drugs use intranasal delivery (snorting).
  • Long-term meth user negatively affects the dopamine system in the brain and central nervous system, which often results in reduced motor skills and impaired verbal learning.
  • Alcohol can damage the cells lining the stomach and intestines, blocking the absorption and breakdown of nutrients in those organs.

Addiction-treatment-center.jpgOnce you have decided to make a change and get help for your addiction problem, the next step is to explaore your treatment facility options. Keep in mind that there is no one-size fits all facility. The most effective way to find an appropriate treatment program that meets your particular needs is to speak with an addiction treatment professional who can assess your specific situation and give you various treatment facility options based on your exact needs. We can help you with this. Simply call our Drug Treatment Help-Line at 1-877-683-7818 and you will be connected to an addiction treatment specialist who can help you find the correct treatment program for you.

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Outpatient

Outpatient solutions are on the bottom end of the spectrum of rehab services in terms of level of care, as the individual can keep their lifestyle in many ways with no commitment of having to remain in a rehabilitation program while undergoing treatment services. While this may appear ideal it may not provide the required change of surroundings than a lot of people in rehab require to have a productive rehabilitation.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired can often be predisposed to alcoholism and drug and alcohol use due to problems their impairment impose on them. While detection of the issue is often hard among the hearing impaired, you'll find ASL along with other assistance services readily available for them when substance abuse rehabilitation is necessary. Other than ASL, such services might include assistive listening tools and captioned video resources to ensure that deaf and hearing impaired individuals are receiving the help they need in drug treatment.

Self Payment

Self Payment is necessary when someone's insurance isn't going to pay for the total cost of rehabilitation or will only pay for some of it. In these cases, it may seem like a disadvantage but individuals actually have a great deal of leverage because they can select whichever facility they would like without the limitations from health insurers that so many men and women encounter. Likewise, treatment facilities will usually provide payment assistance for people whose only choice is self payment to enable them to get into treatment.

Medicaid

Certain rehabilitation programs will take Medicaid in the event the individual is unable to self pay or present some other type of private medical health insurance. Medicaid might pay for outpatient and short-term treatment in a limited amount of facilities, and in this instance individuals might want to investigate the self pay option and come up with up any resources they can to cover a more quality rehabilitation program that will produce better results, such as a long-term residential drug rehabilitation facility.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can seek rehabilitation at drug rehab centers which deliver either inpatient or outpatient treatment if the facility is included in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the authorization of their Medicare appointed doctor, who must help in setting up the individual's rehabilitation strategy. Inpatient services are provided through Medicare Medicare Part A, with out of pocket costs being the same as any other kind of hospital stay, and outpatient rehab being paid for through Medicare Medicare Part B.

State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid)

State financed insurance other than Medicaid can be used to cover the expense of drug and alcohol rehabilitation if other forms of insurance or self payment aren't a choice. When someone has no private insurance and doesn't yet know if they could qualify for state insurance, they can seek advice from their Social Services office within their area to figure out if they are and then fill out an application. The majority of state financed insurance will cover both outpatient and inpatient treatment, but typically only within the state which offers the insurance coverage.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which program you are covered by, all private health insurance plans generally cover some kind of drug and alcohol rehabilitation service including outpatient rehab to inpatient or residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs. Individuals could possibly have to take part in an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center which is inside their network of providers and there can be other limitations including just how long their stay in rehabilitation is covered. Individuals can select an excellent program they like and consult with a treatment counselor to ascertain if their insurance will cover it.

Sliding Fee Scale

A sliding fee scale is a payment assistance option available from a variety of drug rehab facilities in order to help individuals pay for rehabilitation where this may not have been doable initially. For example, one client's fee for treatment could possibly be different and less than somebody else whose finances are better which makes them more prepared to spend the money for full price of rehabilitation. Registrars take into consideration other factors aside from income including amount of dependents to determine the ultimate cost and using the sliding scale.

  • Blount County CMHC
    Blount County CMHC is located at:

    1002 2nd Avenue East
    Oneonta, AL. 35121

    If you would like to contact Blount County CMHC, you can reach them at 205-625-3882.

    Blount County CMHC offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Insurance (Other Than Medicaid), Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income And Other Factors)