Substance use
Addiction services
The ASAM continuum run in-house: residential 3.1, 3.3 and 3.5 through partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and standard outpatient, with medication-assisted treatment available alongside any of them.
Stepping up or down a level does not mean a new provider or a second intake. The same record follows you, and psychiatry and primary care are already in it.
Five
Programs on this line
3.1 / 3.3 / 3.5
Residential levels, all in-house
Suboxone
And other FDA-approved options
Step down
Without changing provider
Continuum
Residential to outpatient
all under one provider
Every level, in-house
One assessment sets the starting level, and moving between them does not mean a new prescriber.
Residential Treatment 3.1, 3.3 & 3.5
Structured living with 24-hour recovery-focused support. 3.1 is clinically managed low-intensity; 3.3 is population-specific high-intensity, for people with cognitive, developmental or psychiatric needs.
- 24/7 supervision
- Life skills training
- Group counseling
- Peer support
Partial Hospitalization Program
Intensive, integrated care available up to seven days a week, without full-time inpatient admission, for people who are medically stable and have a supportive home to return to each evening.
Learn moreIntensive Outpatient (IOP)
Structured therapy and recovery work that fits around daily life, aimed at abstinence and positive behavioral change, with employment readiness and vocational training built in.
Learn moreOutpatient Program (OP)
Continuing care after intensive treatment: group sessions three to five times a week, an hour each, for people who have stabilized in early recovery.
Learn moreMedication-Assisted Treatment
Medication combined with counseling and behavioral therapy for opioid use disorder: Suboxone (buprenorphine and naloxone), plus other FDA-approved options.
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Step up or step down without changing your team
Placement follows ASAM criteria and is reviewed at every treatment plan update. What changes is the intensity, not the prescriber, not the therapist, not the chart.
Who it’s for
Needs 24-hour therapeutic care and structured support to hold recovery.
Clinically managed low-intensity (3.1), population-specific high-intensity (3.3) and clinically managed high-intensity (3.5) treatment in a stable setting. 24/7 supervision from clinicians, behavioral health experts and peer support specialists, with CBT, group therapy, peer mentorship and relapse prevention through the day.
About residentialWho it’s for
Struggling with everyday tasks such as working, studying and managing responsibilities, but able to be at home overnight.
Day programming with group therapy, individual sessions, psychiatric review and medication management, then home each evening.
About partial hospitalizationWho it’s for
Needs real structure without stepping away from work, study or family.
A structured program built around your week rather than instead of it, combining group-based relapse prevention with individual therapy and continued medication management.
About intensive outpatientWho it’s for
Stabilized, or presenting at lower acuity, and holding progress.
Continuing care: group sessions three to five times a week, an hour each, alongside individual therapy and medication management. Recovery treated as an ongoing practice rather than a finish line.
About outpatient
MAT
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Runs alongside every level above
Buprenorphine and naltrexone prescribed and monitored on site, combined with counseling and behavioral therapy. MAT is added to whichever rung you are on. It never replaces one.
About medication-assisted treatmentNot sure which level fits?An assessment decides it. See what that involves →
What the first three weeks look like
No patient is placed in a program before an assessment, and no assessment happens before we have told you what it will cost.
Days 1–2
Intake call and benefits check
A coordinator confirms eligibility, verifies your insurance, and schedules your appointment. If you are unable to pay, a sliding-scale discount is applied and you are told the cost before anything is scheduled.
Week 1
Clinical assessment
A licensed clinician completes the biopsychosocial evaluation, covering history, medications and risk screening, then issues a provisional diagnosis with an ASAM level of care.
Weeks 2–3
Treatment plan in motion
You start with the prescriber and therapist who will stay with you, and the plan is reviewed at every update as your level of care steps up or down.
What it costs
Settled before you are booked in
You are told what it will cost before anything is scheduled, never after.
Most major plans billed
Medicare, Cigna and Optum among them. Benefits are verified free of charge before your first appointment.
Sliding scale if you're uninsured
Fees are set against household size and income under the federal poverty guidelines, and the scale is published.
Nobody is turned away
Clients are never denied services because of an inability to pay current or past fees.
One appointment
Start with an assessment
- The diagnosis
- The level of care
- What it will cost
Benefits verification is free, whether or not you go on to book.
Telehealth
Psychiatry and therapy by secure video anywhere in Maryland.
Confidentiality
Substance use records protected under 42 CFR Part 2.