Servicios de La Raza Behavioral Health Department

Servicios de La Raza Behavioral Health Department is a SAMHSA-registered addiction-treatment facility in Denver, CO. The facility's programming is outpatient (Outpatient), 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 Servicios de La Raza Behavioral Health Department

On care levels: Servicios de La Raza Behavioral Health Department is an outpatient-focused program (Outpatient) — 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. The critical pre-admission step is an independent clinical assessment that establishes ASAM 4e level-of-care recommendation. Admission at a facility whose offered level does not match the clinical assessment produces most misaligned-placement outcomes.

Insurance and payment

Servicios de La Raza Behavioral Health Department accepts both Medicaid and commercial insurance, which is the broadest payer profile and typically correlates with programs that operate at scale across the economic spectrum. Before admission, request a written Verification of Benefits from the facility's utilization-review team. Verbal VOB is where most post-admission cost-sharing disputes originate. Written documentation settles them.

Before you call

Three pre-admission questions for Servicios de La Raza Behavioral Health Department: (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 Servicios de La Raza Behavioral Health Department offers medication-assisted treatment — buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. Programs that do not are operating outside the current standard of care.