Johns Hopkins Hospital Broadway Center

They offer outpatient and telemedicine. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Baltimore has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

No detox, here or anywhere listed within 14 miles of Baltimore. Ask whether they will take somebody straight after a detox done elsewhere, because most will.

Baltimore has 67 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

Nobody stays overnight. Outpatient means you keep sleeping at home and come in for sessions, and the closest residential option is a few streets away in Baltimore.

They prescribe 3 medications: methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Baltimore.

They offer telemedicine, so some of this can be done by video rather than traveling into Baltimore.

Accreditation, staffing, medication policy and aftercare are the four that tell you most. A program that answers precisely about its clinicians and vaguely about its results is behaving well. Check the accreditation yourself rather than taking the logo at face value.

Somebody works through a short list, and the clinical detail comes later at an assessment. The person answering is usually trained to screen rather than to treat, so a full history is not needed yet. Ask what the assessment after this call involves and whether it happens in person.