Intercept True North Health Clinic

They provide outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Vinton is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They provide detox for 5 substances: opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Roanoke has 8 other centers.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Roanoke.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Roanoke differ on it.

Nobody stays overnight. Outpatient means you keep sleeping at home and come in for sessions, and the closest residential option is 2.5 miles away in Roanoke.

It is a screening conversation: what is being used, how much, your health, and what you are covered for. Understating the amount is the most common mistake on that call, and it leads to the wrong level of care being offered. Ask what happens between the call and the first day, and who is responsible for each part.

It depends on the level of care and on the week, which is why only a call can answer it. Centers often keep a cancellation list, and it moves faster than the main one. Ask what you should do in the meantime, because a good program will have an answer.

Frequently yes, and the level of care decides it more than the employer does. Some professions have licensing bodies with their own reporting rules, and those are worth checking separately. Ask the program to write the letter in terms of a medical leave rather than a diagnosis.