Chosen Vessel Ministries Sanctuary

Chosen Vessel Ministries Sanctuary, based in Memphis, TN, is one of the SAMHSA-registered treatment programs operating in TN. The facility's programming is outpatient (IOP), not residential. What this page can help with is the frame — what to ask, what to verify, what to compare against.

Care levels at Chosen Vessel Ministries Sanctuary

Chosen Vessel Ministries Sanctuary is an outpatient-focused program (IOP) — patients live at home or in sober living and attend treatment sessions. This level of care is clinically appropriate for mild-to-moderate substance use disorder, or for patients stepping down from residential. The useful move is to have an ASAM-aligned assessment done before admission — ideally by someone outside the facility's admissions team — to confirm that the level of care offered here is what the clinical picture calls for.

Insurance and payment

On insurance specifically: Payment and insurance specifics for Chosen Vessel Ministries Sanctuary are not fully documented in the SAMHSA registry — a direct admissions conversation is the reliable way to confirm what forms of payment are accepted and at what network-contract level. Before admission, ask the facility's utilization-review team for a written Verification of Benefits — not verbal assurance, which is where most post-treatment financial surprises come from. Also ask for specific plan-level confirmation, not carrier-level (e.g., "your Aetna PPO plan" not just "Aetna").

Specialty programming

The facility's documented specialty programming includes: Young adults, Adult women, Seniors or older adults. If that matches what you or your family member need, great — and worth asking specifically about what the programming looks like day-to-day (how many hours per week of specialty-specific content, who leads it, what credentials they hold).

Before you call

The three questions that consistently separate programs worth considering from programs worth skipping: ASAM level of care match; written VOB for your plan; MAT policy. If the clinical situation involves opioid use disorder, confirm explicitly whether Chosen Vessel Ministries Sanctuary offers medication-assisted treatment — buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. Programs that do not are operating outside the current standard of care. Programs that cannot answer all three quickly are programs worth approaching with caution.