The cost of drug addiction treatment is based on individual clinical needs and services provided. We accept Medicaid, Medicare and every major form of insurance to offset these. Regardless of your insurance status, we will make sure you get help if you want it. Please call one of our patient service representatives if you have questions about specific fees or payment options associated with our substance abuse treatment plans.

CommonHealth is pleased to accept many types of health insurance as payment for our services. We work with many different providers, including (but not limited to) the following:

• Aetna Health Plans
• Anthem Health Plans
• Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kentucky
• Humana Health Plans
• Humana CareSource
• Molina Health Plans
• Passport Health Plans
• United Health Plans
• WellCare Health Plans
• Medicare

Not at the current time. Please contact admissions for more information.

No. We only offer outpatient programs so you can get the help you need while maintaining an individualized lifestyle.

Outpatient treatment is a part time program during which the patient lives at home and maintains full independence. Unlike residential treatment where you live at the facility for a period of time, outpatient programs for example allow you to attend counseling four times a week with each session lasting 1-3 hours at a time.

Outpatient programs do require a time commitment, but doesn’t require around-the-clock care. Therefore, it’s often desirable for people trying to establish careers or keep up with their busy lifestyles.

Moreover, the Outpatient Program alone might not provide enough structure and support for preventing relapse. Often, people’s careers, social activities or home lives trigger substance abuse. If you don’t get out of a bad routine, you may have trouble staying sober. In this case, a more rigorous addiction treatment program is often necessary.

An intensive outpatient program, or IOP, requires more time and attention than regular outpatient therapies but still allows the individual to maintain independence. A good way of conceptualizing IOP is to think of it as a bridge between residential rehab treatments where the patient lives at the facility and outpatient treatment where they attend regularly scheduled counseling sessions but maintain an independent lifestyle.

Overall, an IOP is appropriate for people who need a higher level of care but are still able to function at home. It’s also ideal for patients transitioning from a more demanding treatment program such as a residential rehab to one which provides more freedom.

We take privacy very seriously. Keeping your information private and confidential is central to what we do. We will not under any circumstances disclose your participation in any of our programs unless you specifically direct us to do so in writing. There are laws that protect your right to seek treatment and no one from your workplace, family, and even law enforcement is entitled to knowing that you are in a program. You are welcome to call us anonymously to start a conversation, and you can take a look at our Privacy Policy here.

All new patients start off with a psychosocial assessment where we determine your diagnosis and develop the framwork of your treatment plan. This process can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours.

We will then determine and recommend treatment options based on your lifestyle needs and medical necessity. Depending your diagnosis and treatment protocol, we will either schedule you for one of our in-house programs or refer you to a local expert that pertains to the determined level of care you need.

It is our goal to get patients to a monthly maintenance schedule. However, all patients are requred to come weekly for the first few weeks to confirm that their treatment has is taking effect and that you are stable. Once you are determined to be mentally and physically stable, you will likely be moved to bi-weekly then monthly appointments. If an individual struggles to sablize inside of our program’s structure, we will refer them to more intensive levels of care.

We will work with you to find the most structured program for your medical needs and lifestyle.

Generally, the purpose of drug testing during treatment of opioid use disorder is to monitor the effectiveness of a patient’s treatment plan. Drug testing should be viewed and used as a therapeutic tool. CommonHealth will administer drug/alcohol tests to maintain a safe, drug and alcohol-free environment and assist clients in being accountable for their treatment. 

CommonHealth will administer drug tests to maintain a safe, drug- and alcohol-free environment, and assist clients in being accountable for their actions.  Staff will respond to clients with positive drug screens in a fair and consistent manner.

Clients showing a positive drug screen will be handled in one of the following manners: 

1. If a beneficiary acknowledges use of drugs or alcohol, they may be given the opportunity to remain in the program and address their use in therapy.
2. If a beneficiary demonstrates characteristics or symptoms of use, beneficiary may be removed from the current session per staff discretion and may be terminated from the program per discretion of the administrator.
3. If a client denies use despite a positive drug test, and they demonstrate no obvious sign of use, a second drug test is performed. If the second test is negative for drugs, the client is returned to previous status.  If the second test is positive for drugs, client may be removed from the current session, test may be sent to the lab and/or client may be terminated from the program per discretion of the administrator.
4. Staff may make a decision to send a client’s positive drug screen out for confirmation.
5. Staff will inform client of the result of laboratory tests.

Buprenorphine is a medication commonly used to treat opioid addiction like methadone and naltrexone. A patient taking buprenorphine feels normal, not high, but their symptoms are reduced because their brain thinks it’s receiving the problem opioid. Buprenorphine also diminishes cravings. If cravings continue to be a problem, your doctor will adjust your medication to help reduce them. Buprenorphine is a pill that dissolves under the tongue. It should NOT be chewed or swallowed. It comes in two forms. Suboxone® which contains buprenorphine plus another medication called naloxone. The naloxone is added to prevent abuse and brings on withdrawal in people who abuse the buprenorphine by injecting it. Subutex® contains only buprenorphine. This form is prescribed if you should not take naloxone for any reason, like if you are allergic or pregnant. The pill is taken once a day. Over time, the dosing interval may continue as once a day or change to every other day.

The biggest difference between the two is that some patients report a “high” from using methadone, while Suboxone patients do not. The objective with both of these medications is to move people from the dangerous addiction habits they have towards an opioid free lifestyle.

Both Methadone and Suboxone are prescribed differently. Suboxone can be prescribed so that patients can administer their doses in the privacy of their own homes, while Methadone generally requires patients to report to their provider for dosing daily.

While both of these drugs are used for long-term opioid addiction, Methadone can be more effective at higher dosages than Suboxone. If the user has built up a tolerance and Suboxone is inadequate towards treatment, Methadone can be used  when tolerance is highly elevated.

Yes. If a client is following all program guidelines, they may only participate in Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT). However, if program guidelines are violated, counseling will be recommended and potentially a requirement to remain active in the program. 

No. Buprenorphine (Suboxone) is not controlled the same way methadone is because it has a lower potential for abuse and is less dangerous. Prescriptions are given to patients based on their ongoing success and we can give the patient enough medication for days or even weeks at a time.