VA Maryland Healthcare System

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

They detox from alcohol. Coming off alcohol without medical supervision can be dangerous, which is why it matters that this is one of 3 places near Baltimore that do it.

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.

Baltimore has 233 NA meetings too, and most people end up using both.

They treat both. Confirm it for the specific diagnosis rather than in general, because mental health treatment and recovery support services covers a lot of ground and Baltimore may have a narrower service than a bigger city would.

Treatment is priced by program rather than by night, and the programs differ a great deal. Every state operates a publicly funded system with its own intake line, separate from anything a private center offers. Ask what someone on your plan usually ends up paying, which is a different question from the list price.

Most medication carries on. Anything that interacts with treatment gets looked at by a prescriber first. Any medication you were prescribed by someone else is still their decision until a prescriber at the program takes it over. Ask what their position is on prescribed medication generally, because positions differ.

It depends which level of care you are asking about, because they run on different clocks. Outpatient programs often involve three to five sessions a week at first, then taper to one. Ask what the criteria for leaving are, because some programs have them written down.