About Oneonta VA Clinic – Oneonta
The Oneonta ( formerly Bainbridge) VA Clinic in Oneonta, New York, is an outpatient clinic that provides primary care and specialty healthcare services, including mental health, pharmaceutical prescriptions, laboratory and pathology services. Veterans can access healthcare and use their resources even if they’re not enrolled in the VA. The facility provides same day appointments, telehealth visits or walk in express care for urgent health issues. Telehealth facilitates timely, more convenient and more accessible access to healthcare services through the use of modern technology, including video conferencing and health monitoring devices that can seamlessly connect you to your care team.
Another great thing about this facility is that it accepts Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and various private insurance plans. Out of pocket payments are also available in person, online, by phone or through mail for uninsured veterans. In addition, you can access help through VA financial hardship assistance if you cannot pay due to financial difficulties. Outpatient drug and alcohol addiction recovery forms part of their mental health services. These services include mental health and substance abuse consultation, evaluation and screening, as well as individual and group counseling. The counseling sessions help veterans battling with substance addiction uncover and address the underlying trauma triggering their substance use and develop robust coping mechanisms necessary for a sustained recovery.
Outpatient counseling also helps you gain self awareness, improve your emotional well being, strengthen relationships, and build a healthier, more balanced and addiction free life. The full spectrum of psychiatric services includes treatment for common mental health conditions. These include PTSD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and OCD. The facility also offers smoke and tobacco cessation services for veterans struggling to quit smoking or stop chewing tobacco. This may involve combining medication therapy with counseling. Medication therapy involves the use of FDA approved medications to minimize nicotine withdrawal symptoms and manage the urge to smoke. Aftercare services may include vocational training, housing support, and community integration.