Veterans Affairs Medical Center – Substance Use Disorders Program Clinic – Albuquerque, New Mexico
1501 San Pedro Street SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87108
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
Insurance
Payment Options
- Private health insurance
- Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
- Medicare
- No payment accepted
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- Medicaid
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
- Per session
- 90 day cost
- Cash or self-payment
Addiction Resource Score
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8.8
Out of 10
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
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Active duty military
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Veterans
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Screening for tobacco use
- Interim services for clients
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Professional interventionist/educational consultant
Treatment Modalities
- 12-step facilitation
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- Individual psychotherapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Trauma-related counseling
- Nutrition Therapy
- Nicotine replacement
- Experiential Therapy
- Life Skills
- Marital/couples counseling
- Creative Arts Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Intervention Services
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Motivational interviewing
- Anger management
- Matrix Model
- Relapse prevention
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
- Halfway house
- Outpatient
- Hospital inpatient treatment
- Short-term residential
- Long-term residential
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
License and Accreditation
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
- The Joint Commission
- SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment program (OTP)
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Integrated primary care services
- Suicide prevention services
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Mental health services
- Social skills development
- Transportation assistance
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Most private insurances accepted