Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids

They are set up for 1 level: outpatient. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Cedar Rapids, 2 offer a bed.

No, and nothing else within 14 miles of Cedar Rapids offers one either, so that part will mean a longer drive or a referral.

They do not prescribe medication. For opioid use that is worth knowing before you choose, because medication changes what the first weeks look like, and Cedar Rapids has 8 other centers.

Cedar Rapids has 86 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

They are outpatient. If someone needs to be away from where they are using, Cedar Rapids has the nearest beds, 3.7 miles away.

A program will want the full list on day one, including anything over the counter. Some abstinence based programs are uncomfortable with prescribed medication, and that is a genuine difference between centers. Ask whether the program has its own prescriber or works with yours.

Lengths vary by level of care more than by center, and outpatient is the long one. A program length is a starting point that gets reviewed, often weekly, by the clinical team and by whoever is paying. Ask whether the length is set by the clinical team or by what your plan approves.

The rule covers the first phone call too, before you are a patient and whether or not you ever become one. There are narrow exceptions, including a medical emergency and a court order, and they are narrower than people assume. Where a court or a license is involved, ask exactly what gets reported and to whom.