Audie L Murphy Memorial Veterans Hosp — Serving South Texas

Services reported to SAMHSA (2025)

This is what the program told SAMHSA in its 2025 national survey. It may have changed; confirm by phone.

Type of Care

• Substance use treatment
• Detoxification
• Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children

Service Setting

• Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
• Outpatient
• Residential/24-hour residential
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Outpatient detoxification
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Residential detoxification
• Short-term residential

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

• Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• Private health insurance
• Cash or self-payment

Payment Assistance Available

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Young adults
• Adult women
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Seniors or older adults
• Veterans
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
• Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
• Clients with HIV or AIDS
• Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Clients who have experienced trauma

Opioid Medications used in Treatment

• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Naltrexone used in Treatment

Pharmacotherapies

• Disulfiram
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Medications for HIV treatment
• Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
• Lofexidine
• Clonidine
• Medication for mental disorders
• Medications for pre-exposure to prophylaxis
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation

Age Groups Accepted

• Young Adults
• Adults

Hospitals

• General Hospital (including VA hospital)

External Opioid Medications Source

• In-network prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

• Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere
• This facility administers/prescribes medication for alcohol use disorder

Type of Opioid Treatment

• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone
• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization

Treatment Approaches

• Anger management
• Brief intervention
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Motivational interviewing
• Matrix Model
• Relapse prevention
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
• Trauma-related counseling
• 12-step facilitation

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

• Federal Government
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

License/Certification/Accreditation

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• The Joint Commission

Assessment/Pre-treatment

• Comprehensive mental health assessment
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Interim services for clients
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Screening for tobacco use
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for mental disorders
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant

Testing

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Metabolic syndrome monitoring
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Transitional Services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge

Recovery Support Services

• Self-help groups
• Housing services
• Assistance with obtaining social services
• Recovery coach
• Mentoring/peer support
• Employment counseling or training

Other Services

• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Detoxification (medical withdrawal) Services

• Alcohol Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Cocaine Detoxification
• Methamphetamines detoxification
• Opioids detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification

Education and Counseling Services

• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Substance use disorder education
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Individual counseling
• Group counseling
• Family counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)

Medical Services

• Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
• Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination

Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking permitted in designated area

Sex Accepted

• Female

Facility Vaping Policy

• Vaping permitted in designated area

Ancillary Services

• Acupuncture
• Case management service
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Early intervention for HIV
• Mental health services
• Social skills development
• Transportation assistance
• Integrated primary care services
• Suicide prevention services