Medicare + Longer Term Inpatient Treatment?

[KatLover93]

I was wondering if anyone knew of a facility aside from Sheppard pratt that takes Medicare and is a longer term inpatient trauma program (like 30 days or longer)?

I am trying to get into SP but it seems like I’m going to be denied from the last conversation my therapist had with admissions (the admissions coordinator still had to look at my discharge papers from last hospitalization but said because I’m “not actively suicidal” it’s likely I’ll be denied this time around) so I want to look into alternatives in case I’m denied. Im just struggling to find a place Medicare will cover without me having a substance abuse problem because that’s what it seems they mostly cover- co occurring disorders and short term inpatient (a week or less which I’ve done 3 times this year alone). I am trying with my outpatient team but I feel like every time I get close to actually working on things with my therapist I get too distressed and end up hospitalized again or something happens to trigger me all over again so it’s impossible to work on any of my problems right now and I feel I’d benefit more from a place where I will already be inpatient when I get triggered and suicidal/SH instead of having one honest good session talking about trauma with my therapist, ending up hospitalized, then go back to therapy and can’t work on anything for a few weeks because I’m still not fully stable, then repeat. What I’m currently doing isn’t working and I don’t know what to do I’ve looked into all kinds of residential programs and none take Medicare or do finanacial aid so if anyone does know of a longer term place that does trauma work + that takes Medicare or full financial aid (I’m on SSDI I can’t pay for treatment myself) please please let me know so I can look into it and have a back up plan if SP denies me

 

[FauxLiz]

@KatLover93 you might want to check out River Oaks - New Orleans Institute in Louisiana. They have a trauma disorders program and when I was inpatient there several of the patients were on Medicare.

 

[KatLover93]

thank you. I’ve heard good things about their ED program but didn’t know they had a trauma unit too I’ll definitely check into it!

 

[Nessa7]

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I really hope that you will find somewhere before this would be helpful. All of the facilities on this list should at least hypothetically accept Medicare. It's not designed to help people find treatment, but it still manages to be more useful than a lot of websites designed by health insurance companies.

 

[Orange Phone]

Hey Kat, I saw this, thought it might help...

Psychiatric hospitals trained in trauma and dissociation**

• Sheppard Pratt Health System: The Trauma Disorders Program | Towson, MD
• River Oaks Hospital: Trauma Disorders | New Orleans, LA
• McLean Hospital: Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Program | Belmont, MA
• Psychiatric Institute of Washington (PIW): The Center | Washington D.C., MD*
• Forest View Hospital: Trauma Program | Grand Rapids, MI (unsure of current status of their individual inpatient unit for Trauma Disorders; trauma care may be co-habitant with other patients; does have specialized PHP)*
• Del Amo: The Trauma Recovery Program | Torrance, CA* (cites following the Colin Ross Trauma Model)
• UBH Denton: The Ross Institute for Trauma | Denton, TX (formerly the program at Timberlawn, nurses and staff made the transfer as well; is a Colin A Ross Institute Trauma Program using his Trauma Model)*
• The Trauma Center at JRI: Brookline, MA* (only offers residential treatment to adolescents aged 12-22, but also offers and abundance of other therapeutic opportunities particularly after evaluation; follows research of Bessel van der Kolk. Recent conversations suggest that, because of a very complex assessment process, unless you live locally, this may not be a viable option.)
• Two Rivers Behavioral Health System | Kansas City, MO (no longer has specialized, inpatient trauma treatment; no longer sure about PHP/IOP programs either)*

*Several of these facilities have partial (PHP) and/or intensive outpatient programs (IOP) as well.
**This is only the current list of inpatient facilities. There are some other locations that offer residential care, acute stabilization (3-5 days), or solely PHP/IOP. If you are interested in knowing those options, please contact us for that list. These programs are constantly changing and tend to be more unstructured, smaller in size, and more expensive and unregulated (residential programs specifically), but if you are in need of some kind of treatment and none of these are available to you, we'll happily help you see if any others like this are viable.
**Differently than the "thumbs up" we give to websites, books and similar materials, this is merely the most current list of hospitals that offer inpatient treatment and have units specialized in the treatment of C-PTSD and Dissociative Disorders. Each of these facilities have had their fair share of rave and negative reviews independently. We cannot and do not endorse any one facility, nor would we discourage anyone from looking into others. Because resources are so scarce, preference rarely gets a voice here - and safety is key - so it is best to know all the options available to you. If you are considering hospitalization and feel overwhelmed by the choices, feel free to contact us and we'll happily let you know more about each program so you can make a more informed, educated decision for yourself and your treatment.

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