Kona Community Hospital

They provide inpatient hospital, telemedicine and detox, which is the whole of what this address in Kealakekua is set up for.

They provide detox for 5 substances: alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Kealakekua has 3 other centers.

There are 3 more within a short drive of Kealakekua, so this does not have to be the only call you make.

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

They treat both, and the rest of what they are set up for is adult men, adult women, court referrals, pain management and past trauma.

They normally continue, and a prescriber reviews the whole list rather than applying a rule to it. Medication bought over the counter counts on the list, and leaving it off causes problems later. Write the list with doses and prescriber names before the first call.

The first conversation is mostly questions about what is being used, how much, and for how long. The call can end with nothing booked, and often does. Ask what they would recommend if money were not a factor, and then what they recommend given that it is.

Often, though residential care is reviewed far more closely than outpatient care. Two centers can quote very different amounts against the same plan, which is reason enough to check more than one. Ask what your out of pocket maximum means for a stay of this length.