Pacific Alcohol and Drug Counseling

Pacific Alcohol and Drug Counseling is a SAMHSA-registered addiction-treatment facility in Hillsboro, OR. The facility's programming is outpatient (IOP), not residential. This page frames the questions that matter most when evaluating a specific program — the ones that separate useful candidates from marginal ones.

Care levels at Pacific Alcohol and Drug Counseling

Pacific Alcohol and Drug Counseling is an outpatient-focused program (IOP) — patients live at home or in sober living and attend treatment sessions. This level of care is clinically appropriate for mild-to-moderate substance use disorder, or for patients stepping down from residential. ASAM Criteria 4e is the benchmark framework for matching patients to appropriate intensity. Most major payer medical-necessity documents reference it. An outside ASAM-aligned assessment, prior to admission, is the protection against misplacement.

Insurance and payment

Pacific Alcohol and Drug Counseling accepts Medicaid — which is consequential because facilities that accept Medicaid tend to have the broadest patient populations and the most developed public-sector relationships, though reimbursement structures mean program intensity sometimes differs from commercial-focused centers. The operational prerequisite is written documentation: in-network status for your specific plan product, deductible accumulation, coinsurance rate, prior-authorization status. Admissions without these four documented carry material risk of post-admission financial disagreement.

Before you call

Three pre-admission questions for Pacific Alcohol and Drug Counseling: (1) at what ASAM 4e level are you admitting me, and what is the clinical rationale; (2) can you provide written Verification of Benefits for my specific plan; (3) what is your MAT policy for opioid use disorder — specifically, do you continue buprenorphine or methadone during residential programming. If the clinical situation involves opioid use disorder, confirm explicitly whether Pacific Alcohol and Drug Counseling offers medication-assisted treatment — buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. Programs that do not are operating outside the current standard of care.