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Drug Addiction Facts

  • There are an estimated 79,000 deaths annually which are attributable to excessive alcohol consumption in the United States.
  • Inpatient drug/alcohol treatment is designed for individuals who are medically stable, but have been unable to achieve sustained recovery in a shorter-term or lower-intensity treatment program.
  • After the initial euphoric feeling experienced from heroin use, users will alternate between both a wakeful and a drowsy state, sometimes called "nodding out" among users.

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 low end of the spectrum of rehab services with regards to intensity of care, for the reason that individual is able to keep their lifestyle in lots of ways with no commitment of needing to remain in a treatment facility while undergoing rehabilitation services. Even if this may seem ideal it may not provide the required change of atmosphere than many people in rehab need to have a productive rehab.

ASL or Other Assistance for Hearing Impaired

The hearing impaired are often predisposed to alcoholism and substance abuse as a result of problems that their impairment impose on them. While discovery of this problem can often be hard among the hearing impaired, you can find ASL and other assistance services designed for them when substance abuse treatment is required. Other than ASL, such services can include assistive listening tools and captioned video materials so that deaf and hearing impaired people are receiving the help they need in drug and alcohol rehab.

Self Payment

Self Payment is necessary when someone's insurance isn't going to cover the entire cost of rehabilitation or will only cover part of it. In these instances, it may seem like a disadvantage but people really have a much more leverage due to the fact they can choose whichever facility they want without the restrictions from health insurance companies that so many people encounter. In addition, rehabilitation facilities will often offer payment assistance for individuals whose only choice is self payment to help them get into rehab.

Medicaid

Some rehabilitation programs will take Medicaid if the individual is unable to self pay or present some other kind of private medical health insurance. Medicaid may only cover outpatient and short-term rehabilitation within a limited amount of programs, and in such cases individuals might want to investigate the self pay option and come up with up any resources they're able to to fund a more quality rehabilitation center that will get better results, such as a long-term residential drug rehabilitation facility.

Medicare

Medicare recipients can receive rehab at alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs which provide either inpatient or outpatient rehab when the facility is included in the network of Medicare-participating providers and with the consent of their Medicare appointed physician, who must help out with establishing the individual's rehab plan. Inpatient solutions are covered through Medicare Part A, with out of pocket costs being exactly like any other kind of hospital stay, and outpatient rehab being covered through Medicare Part B.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which program you are covered by, all private health insurance plans typically cover some kind of drug rehab service including outpatient treatment to inpatient or residential drug rehabilitation programs. Individuals may have to take part in a drug and alcohol treatment program that's inside their network of providers and there could be other limitations for example the amount of time their stay in rehab is covered. Individuals can choose a good facility they like and meet with a treatment counselor to find out if their insurance covers it.

Sliding Fee Scale

A sliding fee scale is a payment assistance option made available from a variety of drug treatment programs in order to help clients pay for rehab where this may not have been doable originally. As an example, one client's fee for rehab could be different and lower than someone else whose financial situation is better making them better able to pay the full price of rehabilitation. Registrars take into account variables apart from income including number of dependents to determine the ultimate cost using the sliding scale.

Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)

Many drug rehab facilities offer payment assistance to help clients who might possibly not have adequate funds to self pay for treatment or whose medical insurance won't supply coverage or total coverage for his or her stay. By way of example, Sometimes insurance only covers a short-term facility when in actuality a long-term center will likely be the more suitable option. To determine what payment assistance can be available, like a sliding fee scale, consult the center for particulars.

  • Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Med Ctr
    Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Med Ctr is located at:

    365 East Main Street
    Patchogue, NY. 11772

    If you would like to contact Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Med Ctr, you can reach them at 631-854-1222.

    Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Med Ctr offers the following treatment services: Outpatient, Asl Or Other Assistance For Hearing Impaired
    Payment forms accepted: Self Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income And Other Factors), Payment Assistance (Check With Facility For Details)