Rock Creek Foundation

Rock Creek Foundation, based in Silver Spring, MD, is one of the SAMHSA-registered treatment programs operating in MD. The facility offers specific levels of care: Inpatient. What this page can help with is the frame — what to ask, what to verify, what to compare against.

Care levels at Rock Creek Foundation

On care levels specifically: The facility's documented care levels are The facility offers specific levels of care: Inpatient. — each of which is appropriate for specific clinical presentations. Matching the level to the specific clinical need is the pre-admission work. What that means in practice is that matching Rock Creek Foundation to the right clinical situation depends on whether you or a loved one needs the level of care this facility actually offers — which is a clinician's judgment, not a facility's sales pitch.

Insurance and payment

Rock Creek Foundation 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 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: Young adults, Seniors or older adults, Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients. 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

Before admission to Rock Creek Foundation, three questions consistently produce the most useful information: (1) which ASAM level of care are you treating me at, and what is the clinical rationale; (2) can you send me a written Verification of Benefits for my specific insurance plan; (3) what is your policy on medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder — specifically, do you continue patients on buprenorphine or methadone during residential programming. If the clinical situation involves opioid use disorder, confirm explicitly whether Rock Creek Foundation offers medication-assisted treatment — buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. Programs that do not are operating outside the current standard of care.