Frontier Health – Johnson City, Tennessee
900 Buffalo Street, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37604
Last Updated: June 26, 2026

Insurance
Payment Options
- Access to Recovery (ATR) Voucher
- Medicaid
- Private health insurance
- Cash or self-payment
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- Medicare
- Daily
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- SAMHSA funding/block grants
- Self-pay options
- Financial aid
Addiction Resource Score
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8.4
Out of 10
Frontier Health, located in Johnson City, Tennessee, is a comprehensive mental health and substance use disorder treatment center. Founded in 1957, Frontier Health offers a wide variety of services, including crisis intervention, safe houses, addiction treatment, and mental health services. The organization is dedicated to providing quality services that encourage individuals to achieve their full potential, offering high-quality care across 60 professionally staffed facilities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
Frontier Health specializes in addiction-related treatment services, including detoxification, residential care, intensive outpatient programs, medication-assisted treatment, and dual diagnosis treatment. Their detoxification process provides stabilization for adult men and women with substance use disorders. Inpatient detox includes continuous monitoring of vital signs and withdrawal symptoms to ensure the process is as comfortable as possible. Outpatient detox, while less intensive, still provides essential support and medical supervision.
The inpatient treatment program at Frontier Health offers a highly structured and monitored environment for individuals needing mental and physical stabilization. This program often includes detoxification followed by counseling, educational classes, and behavioral therapy. Treatment modalities include individual therapy, group therapy, and trauma-informed counseling as needed.
Frontier Health’s medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program helps individuals recover from opioid addiction. This program combines FDA-approved medications with comprehensive medical, psychiatric, and behavioral counseling. By integrating medication with mental health treatment, Frontier Health enhances the chances of long-term abstinence and recovery.
The dual diagnosis treatment program addresses the concurrent presence of substance use disorders and mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, or other psychiatric disorders. By treating both conditions simultaneously, Frontier Health improves the likelihood of long-term sobriety and mental health stability.
In addition to addiction treatment, Frontier Health provides mental health services to help individuals recover from conditions such as bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric challenges. These services are delivered through individual therapy, group therapy, and family therapy, which can be administered in inpatient, outpatient, or clinical office settings.
Frontier Health is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and holds a state license in Tennessee. The organization strives to be a leader in behavioral health services, using a quality improvement system to plan, design, measure, assess, and enhance program performance. This commitment to high standards ensures the safety and health of individuals served.
Frontier Health’s guiding principles emphasize accessibility, awareness, education, prevention, community and family engagement, comprehensive services, evidence-based practices, outcomes-driven approaches, person-centered care, recovery orientation, and trauma-informed care. These principles are central to Frontier Health’s philosophy of providing individually-directed therapy and services.
The organization collaborates with health care providers, community agencies, advocacy groups, law enforcement, courts, and government and business markets to address emerging community needs, health care gaps, and social problems. By doing so, Frontier Health helps individuals achieve independence, secure safe and affordable housing, lead productive lives, and positively impact local economies.
For more information or to access services, individuals can call Frontier Health’s 24-Hour Crisis Helpline or use the chat feature on their website. Frontier Health remains committed to providing accessible, high-quality care to those in need, supporting their journey towards recovery and well-being.
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Mentoring/peer support
- Housing services
- Discharge Planning
- Employment counseling or training
- Self-help groups
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Recovery coach
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Pregnant/postpartum women
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Screening for tobacco use
- Interim services for clients
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Professional interventionist/educational consultant
- Complete medical history/physical exam
Treatment Modalities
- 12-step facilitation
- Group counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Family counseling
- Individual psychotherapy
- Life Skills
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Treatment for gambling disorder
- Marital/couples counseling
- Intervention Services
- Contingency management/motivational incentives
- Motivational interviewing
- Anger management
- Matrix Model
- Relapse prevention
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
Conditions Treated
- 24-Hour Clinical Care
- Mental health treatment
- Alcoholism
- Opioid Addiction
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
Levels Of Care
- Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
- Detoxification
- Aftercare
- Outpatient
- Hospital inpatient treatment
- Short-term residential
- Long-term residential
- Outpatient detoxification
- Hospital inpatient detoxification
License and Accreditation
- State department of health
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
- State mental health department
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Suicide prevention services
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Early intervention for HIV
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Transportation assistance
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