UMMC MTC Center for Addiction Medicine

They offer outpatient, detox 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.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines and opioids. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and 4 of the 8 centers near Baltimore offer one at all.

They offer a program for adult women, which not every center around Baltimore does.

They prescribe methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Baltimore, not all of them do.

Outpatient only, and nothing within 14 miles of Baltimore has beds either, so a residential stay would mean traveling further than that.

Anything a program will put in writing is easier to compare than anything it only says on a call. Who delivers the therapy matters: licensed clinicians and counselors in training are not the same thing. Ask for the daily schedule in writing rather than a description of it.

Plenty of programs accept referrals from a court, a probation officer or a child welfare agency. What gets reported is attendance and completion, not what you said in a session, unless the order says otherwise. Keep your own dated record of attendance alongside whatever the program keeps.

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 the center to put the benefits check in writing before an admission date is set.