Standing Strong

Standing Strong is an addiction-treatment facility located in Baltimore, MD. The facility offers specific levels of care: Inpatient, Dual Dx. What follows is an orientation — not a review — to the practical questions worth asking before admission.

Care levels at Standing Strong

On care levels specifically: The facility's documented care levels are The facility offers specific levels of care: Inpatient, Dual Dx. — 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 Standing Strong 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

Standing Strong accepts Medicaid — which is consequential because facilities that accept Medicaid tend to have the broadest patient populations and the most developed public-sector relationships, though reimbursement structures mean program intensity sometimes differs from commercial-focused centers. 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: Adult men, Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. 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

Three questions to put to Standing Strong 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 Standing Strong 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.