Council on Recovery

Council on Recovery, based in Houston, TX, is one of the SAMHSA-registered treatment programs operating in TX. 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 Council on Recovery

The care-level question matters because what a facility offers is what it can realistically treat well. Council on Recovery 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. Before admission, an independent clinical assessment (from a primary-care doctor, licensed substance-use counselor, or addiction-medicine physician) can confirm whether Council on Recovery's offerings match the clinical need.

Insurance and payment

Council on Recovery accepts both Medicaid and commercial insurance, which is the broadest payer profile and typically correlates with programs that operate at scale across the economic spectrum. The facility also accepts TRICARE or military benefits. The single most useful pre-admission move on insurance is requesting the facility send you — in writing, by email — the specific benefits verification for your specific plan product. That document is the answer to most post-admission billing disputes.

Before you call

Three questions to put to Council on Recovery before admission: the specific ASAM level the facility is billing; the written Verification of Benefits for your specific plan product; the MAT policy (continuation of buprenorphine or methadone during residential, specifically). If the clinical situation involves opioid use disorder, confirm explicitly whether Council on Recovery offers medication-assisted treatment — buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. Programs that do not are operating outside the current standard of care. Getting answers in writing protects against the downstream surprises.