Verified Treatment Center
Desert Willow Treament Center Child and Adol Inpt Psychiatric Servs
Las Vegas, NV · 89146
Key Takeaways for Desert Willow Treament Center Child and Adol Inpt Psychiatric Servs
- • Inpatient · MAT offered
- • Accepts Medicaid, Medicare, Private insurance, TRICARE/VA
- • SAMHSA-listed facility
- • Direct line available · Helpline free & confidential 24/7
About Desert Willow Treament Center Child and Adol Inpt Psychiatric Servs
If you are looking at Desert Willow Treament Center Child and Adol Inpt Psychiatric Servs in Las Vegas, NV, the basics worth knowing up front: The facility offers specific levels of care: Inpatient, MAT. This page walks through the questions that tend to matter most to families weighing a specific program.
Care levels at Desert Willow Treament Center Child and Adol Inpt Psychiatric Servs
The facility's documented care levels are The facility offers specific levels of care: Inpatient, MAT. — each of which is appropriate for specific clinical presentations. Matching the level to the specific clinical need is the pre-admission work. 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
Desert Willow Treament Center Child and Adol Inpt Psychiatric Servs 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.
Specialty programming
The facility's documented specialty programming includes: Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED). The specialty question rewards specific follow-up: what clinicians provide the specialty content, what their credentials are, what percentage of weekly programming is specialty-specific vs. general programming.
Before you call
Three questions to put to Desert Willow Treament Center Child and Adol Inpt Psychiatric Servs 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). The facility's documented pharmacotherapy offerings suggest MAT is available — confirm the specific medications and prescriber access during the admissions conversation. Getting answers in writing protects against the downstream surprises.
Listing sourced from the SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator. Data last synced April 2026. Verify current programs directly with the facility.
Desert Willow Treament Center Child and Adol Inpt Psychiatric Servs at a Glance
Levels of care
Inpatient · MAT
Service settings
Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient, Residential/24-hour residential
Therapy approaches
Activity therapy, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Couples/family therapy, Dialectical behavior therapy, Group therapy, Individual psychotherapy
Age groups
Children/Adolescents, Adults
Special populations
Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
Medications
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
Insurance & Payment Accepted
Confirm in-network status before admission — verification is free.
Medicaid
Coverage details →Medicare
Coverage details →Private insurance
Coverage details →TRICARE / VA
Coverage details →Contact & Location
Address
6171 West Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89146
Facility direct line
702-486-6100Website
www.dcfs.nv.gov