Col C David Merkel MD
Facility Type: Substance Addiction
Facility Operation: Private non-profit organization
License / Certification / Accreditation: State Substance use treatment agency, State department of health, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
Age Groups Accepted: Young Adults, Adults, Seniors
444 Kiwassa Lake Road, Saranac Lake, NY 12983
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Phone: 518-891-8387
Facility Details
Type of Care
- Substance use treatment
- Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children
Financial Information
Payment / Insurance / Funding Accepted
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- Medicaid
- Private health insurance
- Cash or self-payment
Smoking Policy
Facility Services
Service Settings: Residential/24-hour residential, Long-term residential, Short-term residential
Assessment / Pre-Treatment: Comprehensive mental health assessment, Comprehensive substance use assessment, 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 or alcohol urine screening, HIV testing, STD testing, TB screening, Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV), Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
Treatment & Recovery
- Self-help groups
- Housing services
- Assistance with obtaining social services
- Recovery coach
- Mentoring/peer support
- Employment counseling or training
Special Programs / Groups Offered
- Adult men
- Veterans
- Active duty military
- Members of military families
- 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
Medical Services
- Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
- Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
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.)
Transitional Services
- Aftercare/continuing care
- Discharge Planning
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
Other Services
- Treatment for gambling disorder
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
Additional Services
Treatment Details
Treatment Approaches: Anger management, Brief intervention, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Contingency management/motivational incentives, Motivational interviewing, Relapse prevention, Substance use disorder counseling, Telemedicine/telehealth therapy, Trauma-related counseling
Type of Opioid Treatment
- Buprenorphine maintenance
- Prescribes buprenorphine
- Prescribes naltrexone
- Relapse prevention with naltrexone
- Use methadone/buprenorphine for pain management or emergency dosing
Opioid Medications Used in Treatment
- Buprenorphine used in Treatment
- Naltrexone used in Treatment
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
External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment
- In-network prescribing entity
Pharmacotherapies
- Acamprosate (Campral®)
- Disulfiram
- Buprenorphine with naloxone
- Buprenorphine without naloxone
- Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
- Naltrexone (oral)
- Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
- Medications for HIV treatment
- Medications for Hepatitis C treatment
- Medication for mental disorders
- Nicotine replacement
- Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
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