Frontier Health - Johnson City, TN

About Frontier Health

Frontier Health is a community behavioral health organization based in Johnson City, Tennessee, with 65 locations across 12 counties in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Alongside mental health, developmental disability, and children’s services, they treat alcohol and drug addiction and can connect people to detoxification and residential care when a higher level of support is needed. The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services rates them as a Co-occurring Enhanced provider, and they address mental health conditions and substance use at the same time. For children and teens, they offer intensive outpatient and standard outpatient treatment close to home.

Their Medication Assisted Recovery program serves people with opioid use disorder at sites in Johnson City and Kingsport. Medication options include buprenorphine (Suboxone), oral naltrexone, and long-acting injectable naltrexone (Vivitrol), paired with individual and group therapy, an intensive outpatient group, case management, peer recovery support, and medication management. The care team includes physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, therapists, case managers, and certified peer recovery specialists, and the program follows evidence-based practices and state and federal guidelines. They accept TennCare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance, and grant funding can cover medication, therapy, labs, drug screens, transportation, and other services for qualifying people who are uninsured or underinsured. Free Spanish interpreting and a 24/7 mobile crisis line are also available.

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