Vivia Health Rogers Park

They provide outpatient and telemedicine, which is the whole of what this address in Chicago is set up for.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Evanston, 2.4 miles away.

They treat adults up to and past 65. Ask whether the group sessions are mixed age, because in Chicago that often means one room rather than two.

Veterans are one of the 13 groups they offer a dedicated program for.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Chicago.

It normally means continuing outpatient sessions, a prescriber if medication is involved, and free meetings. Free meetings, a prescriber and a weekly session are the usual three pieces of a plan that holds. Ask to see what a discharge plan looks like before you choose the program.

You will be asked about the drug, the dose, your medical history and your coverage. If you have been through treatment before, what did not work is useful information rather than a mark against you. Ask what the assessment after this call involves and whether it happens in person.

The rule covers the first phone call too, before you are a patient and whether or not you ever become one. The strength of the rule exists because people avoided treatment when they could not rely on it. Where a court or a license is involved, ask exactly what gets reported and to whom.