Frontier Health – Turning Point – Johnson City, Tennessee
208 East Unaka Avenue, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37601
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
Insurance
Payment Options
- Cash or self-payment
- Medicaid
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Private health insurance
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
- SAMHSA funding/block grants
Addiction Resource Score
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8.1
Out of 10
Founded in 1957, Frontier Health provides a comprehensive array of services to address drug and alcohol addiction, mental health issues, crisis response, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and vocational and recovery needs. Additionally, Frontier Health offers a medication-assisted recovery program and various support groups, ensuring holistic and individualized care for each patient.
Frontier Health operates a 24/7 facility, ensuring around-the-clock access to critical services. The Walk-In Center offers a wide range of support, including mobile crisis assessments and peer support. Additionally, the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) provides essential services for individuals in acute crisis, offering immediate and intensive support to stabilize their condition.
The Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) at Frontier Health offers 24/7 care for patient requiring stabilization. Services at the CSU include nursing care and support from a multidisciplinary team, as well as various support groups. The facility boasts over 70 beds and includes a detoxification unit where patients undergo medically monitored detoxification. Admission to this unit is for adults, who receive continuous monitoring by healthcare professionals and participate in daily group sessions throughout their detoxification process.
Magnolia Ridge Unit is a dedicated rehabilitation facility with 48 beds, providing specialized care for male patients recovering from addiction and mental health disorders. Their comprehensive treatment approach includes a range of therapeutic modalities tailored to individual needs, facilitated by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.
The Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) operates four days a week, offering three-hour sessions that combine intensive therapy and educational components. Additionally, this facility provide specialized support through the Mother Child Connection group, designed for pregnant women and mothers with children under 18 years old, addressing unique challenges and fostering holistic recovery.
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:
- Alcohol Detoxification
- Benzodiazepines Detoxification
- Cocaine Detoxification
- Methamphetamines detoxification
- Opioids detoxification
- Medication routinely used during detoxification
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Screening for tobacco use
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- 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
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Treatment for gambling disorder
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- 12-step facilitation
- Intervention Services
- Contingency management/motivational incentives
- Motivational interviewing
- Anger management
- Matrix Model
- Relapse prevention
- Treatment for other addiction disorder
- Individual psychotherapy
Conditions Treated
- Alcoholism
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
Levels Of Care
- Hospital inpatient treatment
- Short-term residential
- Long-term residential
- Residential detoxification
- Aftercare
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Outpatient
License and Accreditation
- State mental health department
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
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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