Drug Treatment Help Request

Outpatient

Outpatient solutions are on the low end of the spectrum of rehab solutions regarding intensity of care, because the individual is able to preserve their lifestyle in several ways with no commitment of needing to remain in a rehabilitation center while undergoing rehabilitation services. Even if this may seem ideal it will not provide the much needed change of surroundings than a lot of people in rehabilitation have to have to experience a productive rehabilitation.

Self Payment

Self Payment is required when someone's insurance isn't going to pay for the total cost of treatment or will only pay for some of it. In these cases, it may appear like a disadvantage but people actually have a great deal of leverage because they can choose whichever program they would like without the limitations from health insurance providers that so many people encounter. Likewise, rehabilitation facilities will often offer payment assistance for individuals whose only choice is self payment to enable them to get into treatment.

Medicaid

Certain treatment facilities will take Medicaid if the individual is unable to self pay or present some other type of private medical insurance. Medicaid may only pay for outpatient and short-term rehabilitation in a limited amount of centers, and in cases like this individuals may choose to explore the self pay option and drum up any resources they are able to to pay for a more quality rehab center that will get better results, such as a long-term residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility.

Private Health Insurance

Depending on which plan you are covered by, all private medical health insurance plans generally cover some form of alcohol and drug rehab service which range from outpatient treatment to inpatient or residential drug and alcohol rehab centers. Individuals could have to participate in a drug and alcohol treatment facility that's in their network of providers and there could be other limitations such as the amount of time their stay in treatment is covered. Individuals can choose a quality program they like and speak with a rehab specialist to find out if their insurance will handle it.

Military Insurance (E.G., Va, Tricare)

Military insurance including VA and Tricare does cover the expenses of certain substance abuse treatment services. Detoxification services, outpatient and inpatient centers in addition to partial hospitalization are all covered by military insurance, although military members may need pre-authorization and in that case they can speak with their VA or Tricare consultant. There could be some restrictions regarding how long a stay in inpatient drug and alcohol treatment is allowed, and every one of these questions can be answered prior to starting rehabilitation so that it's clear the length of time and individual can remain in the treatment program of choice.

Sliding Fee Scale

A sliding fee scale can be a payment assistance possibility made available from many different drug treatment programs in order to help clients pay for rehab where this might not have been possible originally. For example, one client's fee for rehabilitation may be different and less than another individual whose finances are better which makes them better able to pay the full cost of rehabilitation. Registrars take into consideration additional factors aside from income including number of dependents to determine the final cost and using the sliding scale.