Substance useMedication-assisted treatment
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Medication combined with counseling and behavioral therapy for opioid use disorder and other substance dependencies, because recovery sometimes calls for a little extra help.
Suboxone (buprenorphine and naloxone) is the medication most often prescribed here, alongside other FDA-approved options. It runs beside any level of care rather than replacing one.
Suboxone
Buprenorphine and naloxone
FDA
Approved alternatives also offered
Alongside
Any level, residential to outpatient
Plus therapy
Medication is never the whole plan
Runs with
Any level of care
residential through outpatient
What the medication makes possible
Medication is one half of MAT. Counseling and behavioral therapy are the other, and neither works as well alone.
Stabilization and relief
Taking the physical pull of withdrawal and craving down far enough that the rest of the work becomes possible.
Customised care
The medication, the dose and the review schedule are set to the person, not to a protocol.
Enhanced engagement in therapy
Counseling and behavioral therapy land differently once the day is not being run by symptoms.
Reduced risk of relapse
Sustained medication support is what holds the early months, when relapse risk is at its highest.
Empowerment through knowledge
Understanding what the medication does, and why, so the decisions about it stay yours.
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.
The level it runs alongside
MAT is prescribed within whichever program you are in. It is not a separate track.
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.
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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.