Trystereo Guide to:

Suboxone/Buprenorphine in New Orleans 

(** indicates Medicaid Accepted)

Caution: This is a living document; if you find any inaccurate or missing info, please email us at nolaharmreduction@gmail.com with suggested edits

Missing info for Positive Living TC; awaiting info on LSU Health Sciences Psych, Bellevue Medical Center

Treatment Centers:

**ACER Addiction Treatment Center**

Doctor(s): Dr. Podesta, Dr. Klaybor, Dr. Creedon, Dr. Landry

Addresses:

• 2238 1st St. Slidell LA 70458
• 2321 N Hullen St. Suite B. Metairie LA 70001
• 2611 Jackson Blvd Chalmette 70043

Phone Number: 985-690-6622 (Central Intake Line)

Website: https://acercanhelp.com/

How to Make Appt: Call Central Intake Line M-F 10AM-6PM        

Requirements:

• Self-pay or Insurance (Private OR Medicaid)

• Can provide a grant if uninsured
• Grant only for people living in New Orleans or St. Bernard Parishes

• Photo ID, insurance card (if applicable) at day of assessment
• Outpatient services only
• Must be in IOP program to receive Suboxone

• May recommend detox as part of IOP

• Patient assessed, psych evaluation, clinician recommends specific services
• 14-Week Outpatient Program

• Urine tox, weekly 12 Steps meetings, individual and family sessions

**Addiction Recovery Resources, Inc. (ARRNO)**

Doctors: Alphonse Roy, MD; Richard Carr, MD; James Chiverton, MD

Address(es):

• 4933 Wabash Street Metairie, LA 70001
• 1615 Canal Street, Ste. A-1 New Orleans, LA 70112
• 151 Meadowcrest Suite C Gretna, LA 70056

Phone: 1-866-399-4673

How to Make Appt:

• Call 8:30-5pm M-F, speak to Intake Dept

Requirements:

• Accept Medicaid, all commercial insurances, Medicare, no Tricare
• Drug screens required as part of initial assessment
• Must sign up for IOP        

• IOP is 8 week program, 4 times/week, 4 hour sessions

Advanced Neurodiagnostic Center

Doctor: Angela N. Traylor, MD
Address: 2905 Kingman Street Metairie, LA 70006

Phone Number: 504-885-3737

How to Make Appt: Call, will provide patient with next available appt (scheduled one week out)

Requirements:

• Suboxone clinic every Thursday
• Cash-only

• Initial Visit is $325, F/U $225 (monthly) - includes urine tox, group counseling, visit w/ Traylor
• Price does NOT include Suboxone; Suboxone covered w/ most insurances

• Most pts have Medicaid; some discount prescription cards can be provided to pts w/o insurance ($175 off the prescription)
• Urine tox - pt must be clear of all benzos, opiates, anything not Suboxone

Atlas Psychiatry

Doctor: Nicholas Pejic, MD

Address: 1301 Antonine St New Orleans LA 70115

Phone Number: 504-899-1682

Website: atlaspsychiatry.com

How to Make Appt: 

• Call M-F 8-4:45
• Can schedule an appt a few days in advance
• Go to website to become patient, fill out new patient registration form, pay pre-charge for first visit
• Complete paperwork ahead of time via email to save appointment time

Requirements:

• No insurance accepted for appointments

• Coupons may be available for the prescription

• Bring Photo ID (Insurance Card potentially needed for Prior Authorization)

• Prior Authorization may require a drug screen and counseling

• $375 for initial eval
• Follow-up appts are $160-250, depending on length of visit
• Urine tox screen is not 100% required, but some people will have them randomly
• Counseling is offered on case-by-case basis

Behavioral Health Group - New Orleans and Gretna

Doctor(s): Daniel Bouchette, MD

Address(es):

• New Orleans: 417 S Johnson St New Orleans LA 70112
• Gretna: 1141 Whitney Ave Bldg 4 Gretna LA 70056

Phone: 504-524-7205 Option 1

How to Make Appt:

• Call to make an appt
• Tues, Thurs, Fri are new appt days for Suboxone

Requirements:

• Accepting Cigna only (Private)
• No Medicaid, no Medicare
• Starts off daily, then weekly, then you get a prescription

• Insurance only kicks in when prescription begins
• Check to see what kind of Cigna you have to know what is covered

• First month is $200 out of pocket
• Subsequent months are $175 out of pocket
• $15-20 per dose out of pocket

**Crescent Care**

Doctors:

Address:

Phone:

How to Make Appt:

• Things
• Stuff

Requirements:

• More things
• More stuff

**Daughters of Charity**

Doctors: Jeffrey Sibrack, MD; Daniel Bouchette, MD; more to come within primary care services

Address: 1030 Lessets St New Orleans LA 70117 St Ce

Phone: 504-207-1070

How to Make Appt:

• Call M-F 9-5; return messages within 24 hours
• Go through assessment to see if appropriate for program, then schedule appt with doctor in a few days

Requirements:

• “No cost” to the patient! (Through a HRSA Grant)
• Accept ALL insurances including Medicaid and Medicare

• Only cost to patient is copay of medication

• Commercial insurances, cost for medication depends on deductible (average is $100/week until meet deductible)
• Medicaid pts: cost is $3-10/mo for month supply of suboxone

• Urine tox screens conducted randomly throughout group and every time they see doctor
• Pill/film counts once/month
• Have to attend groups to continue Suboxone prescription

• Groups are 1.5 hrs/week
• Must also attend meetings outside of group (AA/NA/HA/CA)

• Must be high functioning

• Can’t take people w/ severe mental illness; for example, if severe bipolar, can’t have breakthrough symptoms that would be disruptive to group

• Must have opioid dependent diagnosis ONLY; no other co-occurring substance dependence diagnoses (Cannot also be dependent on alcohol, benzos, hypnotics)

**Dependency Pain Treatment Center**

Doctors: Jennifer Creedon, MD, Michael Biuno, MD

Address:

• New Orleans - 3439 Prytania St Suite 501 New Orleans LA 70115 (Tues, Thurs)
• Metairie - 3434 Houma Blvd Suite 301 Metairie LA 70006 (under reconstruction)
• Kenner - 231 West Esplanade Ave Suite B Kenner LA 70065 (Mon, Weds, Fri)
• Marrero - 4520 Wichers Drive Suite 205 Marrero LA 70072 (under reconstruction)

Phone: 504-535-7212

How to Make Appt:

• Call M-F and leave a message; someone will reply within a day

Requirements:

• See psychiatrist every week for first month
• Counseling every week

• As stabilize, psychiatrist and individual counseling visits transition into monthly visits with psychiatrist and group counseling

• Accept United Medicaid MCO ONLY; Medicare and all private insurances accepted

• Visit cost is just insurance co-pay

• Photo ID and Insurance Card at first month
• Urine tox screen at every doctor visit also covered by insurance
• Can and do facilitate long-term medication assisted recovery

• Up to the patient if they want to use buprenorphine to detox or just do long-term treatment

• Intensive part of program is 3 months long

East Jefferson Family Practice

Doctors: Dung Michael Tran, Dung Alex Hoang, Dr. Charlie Le, Dr. Tai Nguyen, Dr. Sara Schwertner

Address:

• 3848 Veterans Memorial Blvd Metairie LA 70002
• 2909 David Dr Metairie LA 70003

Phone: 504-885-2505

How to Make Appt:

• Call Mon-Fri 7:30-3:30; Sat 8-12
• Pick Option 1 (Veterans Blvd) or Option 2 (David Dr) for specific location

Requirements:

• DO NOT accept insurance for appts; insurance may cover prescription

• Co-pay card available if self-pay

• Accept Cash or Card (card must include patient’s name)
• Bring Photo ID and Insurance Card at first appointment (for Prior Authorization)
• First Visit is $300
• Urine tox screen 2 weeks later is $50
• 2 weeks after Urine tox screen, Monthly visits start at $150/mo
• Monthly visits mean every 4 weeks; if more than 4 weeks, next appt will cost $300

• If extenuating circumstances, call in advance to document and reschedule

**Healthcare for the Homeless**

Doctor: Neil Nixdorff, MD (CRRC); Kristen Woods, DNP (Central City)

Addresses:

        CRRC - 1530 Gravier St, New Orleans LA 70112

        Central City (Main) - 2222 Simon Bolivar Ave, 2nd Floor, New Orleans LA 70113

Phone Number: 504-658-2785 (Main); 504-412-3700, press 1, then x13953 (CRRC)

How to Make an Appt:

• Call M-F 9-3:30PM

Requirements:

• For Medicaid or Uninsured only
• All clinic services covered by Medicaid with no additional cost to patient. No cost for medication aside from $3 Medicaid copay at pharmacy
• Sliding-scale clinic visit fee if do not qualify for Medicaid. No medication financial assistance available at this time.
• Social worker (LCSW) available who does behavioral therapy; IOP strongly recommended but not required.
• Most patients will have medication by next-day
• Can provide full-spectrum primary care in addition to Suboxone treatment

Integrity Behavior Management

Doctor: Terry Lain, MD

Address: 9235 Lake Forest Blvd Suite A, New Orleans LA 70127

Phone Number: 504-241-8188

How to Make Appt

• Call M-F 9-4pm
• Front staff speaks directly

Requirements:

• No referrals required
• No insurance accepted; all self-pay
• Drug testing monthly
• Group counseling monthly
• Outpatient detox only

Metropolitan Human Services District

Description: Call center for Mental illness, Addiction, and Intellectual Disability service providers

• They will send people to Acer if uninsured

Phone Number: 504-568-3130

Ochsner Dept of Psychiatry

Doctor: Jennifer Veelander, MD

Address: 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans LA 701

How to Make Appt:

Call and say “Want to make an appt for Dr. Veelander for suboxone screening”

Go through screening process (list of 10 questions)

        Those are submitted to the doctor to see if a good fit

        If so, then office will reach out to patient (if not, will provide other options)

        Appts are Mondays at 8AM only

Phone: 504-842-4025  

Requirements:

• Must have an Ochsner PCP and get referral from them for the appt
• Accept Private Insurance and Medicare, but no new Medicaid patients
• Private insurance requirements are plan-specific, not carrier specific
• Must sign a contract and agree to not take other drugs (benzodiazepines, etc…)
• Part of an outpatient program

• Program lasts one year
• Program includes weekly group therapy and drug screening

• Appt costs are co-pay only

Podesta Wellness

Doctors: Arwen Podesta, MD; Jennifer Creedon, MD

Address: 4322 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70119

Phone: 504-252-0026

How to Make Appt:

• Call and talk with Intake Coordinator who will assess if a good fit

Requirements:

• No Insurance Accepted; all self-pay

• First appt is $400
• Follow-up appts are $150/each
• Therapist appts, if indicated, are $115/each

• Outpatient only and not much support, so not suggested for “first timers,” but rather for people who are more socially stable and supported
• Offer a variety of ancillary services like massage, nutrition counseling, and referrals to acupuncture

Positive Living Treatment Center

Doctor(s):

Address: 3330 Canal Street New Orleans LA 70119

Phone Number: 504-827-2701 

How to Make Appt:

        Call

Requirements:

        Suboxone program requires cash upon entrance

**River Oaks Hospital**

Doctor: Alfonse Roy, MD (Director of Substance Abuse Program, Head Psychiatrist)

Address: 1525 River Oaks Road West New Orleans LA 70123

Phone Number: 504-734-1740

How to Make Appt:

• Call at 10:30AM for detox openings daily, everything is gone by 10:45-11:00
• Availability for detox is very competitive

Requirements:

• Only provide Suboxone through inpatient detox
• Full coverage for all 5 MCOs in LA Medicaid
• In-network for Private (Humana, Aetna, Cigna); BX for LA doesn’t cover Opiate Detox In-patient, United also difficult

Doctor: Marcia Flugsrud-Breckenridge, MD

Address: Dept of Psychiatry 1542 Tulane Ave, New Orleans LA 70112

Phone Number: 504-903-5267

Townsend Treatment Center

Doctors: All clinicians can provide Suboxone

Address(es):

New Orleans: 3620 Chestnut St, New Orleans LA 70115

Metairie: 4330 Loveland St Suite A Metairie LA 70006

Phone Number: 1-888-655-3398 or 504-897-5144

How to Make Appt:

• Call 8-5 M-F to make appt for initial evaluation (free)
• After evaluation, navigator will get appt w/ doctor within 24-48 hours
• Doctor will determine course of treatment (ie: Suboxone not guaranteed)
• Offer treatment for all substance dependencies, not just opioids
• Some psychiatrists prescribe suboxone, but not suboxone-only clinic/doctors

Requirements:

• Private insurance or self-pay only

• Do NOT accept Medicaid or Medicare
• Can work with you to set up financing/payment plan

• Bring Photo ID and insurance card
• Accept referrals and walk-ins (but strongly prefer scheduled appointments)
• IOP program 3-5 days a week both group and one-on-one, usually 3 hours/day

• Anticipate 25-35 IOP visits
• If not stable after this, will be referred to residential/inpatient program

• Philosophically a “comprehensive treatment center” that does not only provide Suboxone prescriptions to patients, but attempts an individualized plan per patient

• Not big on patient autonomy

Individual Practitioners:

Doctor(s): Jose Calderon-Abbo, MD (no new patients); Ray Worthy, MD PhD, Kimberly Levin, MD

Address: 3439 Magazine St New Orleans LA 70115

Phone Number: 504-891-8808

How to Make Appt:

Call M-F 9-5; expect one week-one month long waiting list

Requirements:

All doctors out of network; DO NOT accept Medicaid, Tricare

        If on Medicaid or Medicare, may not be able to be seen at all even if don’t use

        Other requirements per physician discretion

Doctor: Brij Mitruka, MD

Address: 3501 Holiday Drive Suite 204 New Orleans LA 70114

Phone Number: 504-263-0680

How to Make Appt:

• Call to schedule

Requirements:

• Do NOT take any insurance, only cash

• Accept checks after the first few visits

• First visit is $360
• F/u visit are $200/mo
• Prescribes 2 tablets buprenorphine/day for 30 days

• Each visit they get 60 tablets or 60 films for the month
• Give patient schedule of when to take medicine, how to take each time

• See patient once every 30 days
• Give full support 24/7 if patient has any questions or problems

• Patient can call with issues

Doctor: Bertrand Tillery, MD

Address: 4001 General Degaulle Drive, Suite H, New Orleans LA 70114

Phone Number: 504-365-9906

How to Make Appt:

• Call on Mon Weds, Fri 8-12, or Tues, Thurs 11-3

Requirements:

• No Insurance Accepted for appointments
• Appointment is $260, payable by cash or debit card (no personal checks)
• Photo ID required
• Urine tox screen at start and monthly; if positive at subsequent visits, may be dropped
• Appts are monthly, perhaps more if needed
• Must be in active counseling and bring a referral from a counselor stating such (Counselor can be a Psychiatrist, Social Worker, NA Sponsor)

Doctor: Phyllis Wallo, MD

Address: 7611 Maple St Suite A1 New Orleans LA 70118

Phone Number: 504-866-4900

How to Make Appt:

• Call Mon-Fri 9-5; new appts scheduled a few days out

Requirements:

• No insurance accepted for appts
• Appt is $250/mo

• Discount cards available for medication
• Payment by cash or credit card

• Medication appts monthly
• Recovery group required twice a month ($50/mo)
• Urine tox screens random, 1-2 times a month (but included in price of group)