Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center

About Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center – Boston, Massachusetts

Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center is an integrated care clinic in Boston, Massachusetts. They offer primary care and various specialty services. This includes mental healthcare and addiction or substance use care. This facility delivers dedicated services to veterans and their families. They handle unique challenges and ongoing needs.

Their substance use care helps you address unhealthy alcohol use and life threatening addiction. They provide inpatient and outpatient treatment for substance use disorders. It all depends on your unique condition. Inpatient care takes place in their residential facility and is ideal if you’re dealing with severe addiction. It is highly structured and involves intensive therapy with 24/7 monitoring by trained physicians.

Outpatient addiction care is more flexible. It lets you receive treatment while maintaining your everyday routine. That said, both programs are rooted in evidence based practices like cognitive behavioral therapy delivered via individual and group sessions. Emphasis is on relapse prevention, solid coping strategies and life skills development. This is essential for achieving and maintaining lasting recovery.

You may also receive medication assisted treatment if it is included in your personalized care plan. This will especially be the case if you’re struggling with opioid addiction or alcoholism. The technique uses FDA approved medicine alongside counseling to support recovery.

This facility is also equipped to handle co-occurring disorders. This is when someone is simultaneously dealing with both mental health and substance use disorders. Their mental healthcare tackles common conditions like anxiety, depression and PTSD in an outpatient setting. Services include consultation, evaluation and individual and group counseling.

This facility supports same day appointments and walk in express care for emergency health issues. Secured telehealth support is available for most of their specialty care including mental health. Accessing care from the comfort of your home enhances flexibility. I especially like that you can qualify for care even if you’re not enrolled in VA health care.

It’s also financially convenient that they accept Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE. If you’re uninsured and struggling financially you can leverage the VA financial hardship assistance. You may even get help with transportation to and from your appointment if eligible.
Aftercare services may involve connection to community resources like housing, employment support and financial aid via their social work. They may also provide referrals to peer support groups like AA or NA for ongoing support. Comments from past clients reflect positive experiences and impressive service delivery.

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Our Team

Jaime Areizaga-Soto

Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals

Margaret “Meg” Kabat

VA Chief of Staff

Edward J. Murray

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management & Deputy CFO

Michael D. Parrish, PhD

Chief Acquisition Officer & Principal Executive Director

James Albino

Director, Center for Minority Veterans

John Becker, MHA, LFACHE, FEHFI

Chief Facilities Strategy Officer

John E. Bell III

Executive Director, Loan Guaranty Service

Angela Billups, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Stephanie Birdwell

Executive Director, Office of Tribal Government Relations

Mary Bradford

Deputy Director, Center for Women Veterans

Michael D. Brennan, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Marilyn Brower

Deputy Executive Director, Office of Asset Enterprise Management

Valerie Mattison Brown, MS, MPA, FACHE

Chief Strategy Officer for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

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