Square Medical Group

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

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Woburn, a few streets away.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone. Medication and counseling together is the standard of care for opioid use rather than an either or, and not every place near Woburn offers both.

Yes, they treat 65 and over, which is less common than it should be and rarer still outside a city the size of Woburn.

Alongside this, Woburn has 32 NA meetings and 11 free AA meetings.

A mental health condition alongside substance use does not make somebody a difficult admission. A diagnosis made while someone is still using can be wrong, so assessment often waits until after detox. Ask what happens to your current psychiatric medication during the program.

The choice is normally made on medical risk and on what home looks like, in that order. Medical risk pushes toward inpatient care: withdrawal that needs supervision is not an outpatient problem. Ask what happens if the level you start at turns out to be the wrong one.

Addiction treatment is a covered benefit on most plans sold today. An out of network center can still be partly covered, and the difference lands on you. Ask what the rate becomes if the plan stops approving days before the program ends.