Volunteers of America (VOA) Alaska - Main

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

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

They prescribe 2 medications: buprenorphine and naltrexone. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Anchorage.

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

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them a few streets away in Anchorage.

Nothing should change without a prescriber looking at it, and a good program works that way. Any medication you were prescribed by someone else is still their decision until a prescriber at the program takes it over. Any change to what you take is a conversation with a prescriber, never a decision from a page like this.

The choice is normally made on medical risk and on what home looks like, in that order. Where someone is using in the house, or on the route home, outpatient care is working against the current. Ask which level they would put a family member in, and why that one.

The records are protected, and the protection is specific to addiction treatment rather than general. Insurance claims do create a record with the insurer, which is the usual route by which treatment becomes visible. Decide now who you want kept informed, because that form is easier to fill in calmly than in a crisis.