Pegasus Schools

Evaluating Pegasus Schools (Lockhart, TX): The facility offers specific levels of care: Inpatient, Dual Dx. The structural dimensions to verify — state licensure, voluntary accreditation, clinical-framework alignment with ASAM 4e — are each independently checkable and worth doing before admission rather than after.

Care levels at Pegasus Schools

The facility's documented care levels are The facility offers specific levels of care: Inpatient, Dual Dx. — each of which is appropriate for specific clinical presentations. Matching the level to the specific clinical need is the pre-admission work. 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

Pegasus Schools 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.

Specialty programming

The facility's documented specialty programming includes: Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders, Clients who have experienced trauma, Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Specialty designations benefit from specific follow-up: programming hours per week, credentialed staff profile, integrated assessment protocols. Dual-diagnosis as a marketing category differs from operational specialty infrastructure.

Before you call

Three pre-admission questions for Pegasus Schools: (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 Pegasus Schools offers medication-assisted treatment — buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. Programs that do not are operating outside the current standard of care.