Minneapolis VA Health Care System – Chippewa Valley CBOC

475 Chippewa Mall Drive, Suite 418 Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
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Minneapolis VA Health Care System - Chippewa Valley CBOC WI 54729

About Minneapolis VA Health Care System – Chippewa Valley CBOC

Minneapolis VA Health Care System – Chippewa Valley CBOC, also known as Chippewa Valley VA Clinic, is an outpatient facility in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. They offer primary care as well as mental and behavioral health services including addiction treatment. Support is available to military personnel and veterans and their families. This center accepts Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE and private insurance.

Clients can rest assured that all VA health care facilities provide same-day help. In fact, you might even qualify for services without being enrolled in VA health care.

Inpatient and outpatient mental and behavioral services are available. If you’re struggling with issues like PTSD, depression, grief, anger or trauma, for example, the center offers counseling and other support. Individual, group and couples therapy are available, using styles like dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), moral reconation therapy (MRT) and SMART Recovery to support clients in getting to the root cause of their issues.

Medication and case management services are also available to those who may benefit, as well as peer support groups. For individuals unable to make regular in-person sessions or appointments, home visits can be arranged. Specialized support services are available for homeless veterans or those at risk of homelessness. Targeted addiction treatment is also available, including residential drug rehab programs.

Whole Health services are another great feature of this clinic. Designed to empower clients to take charge of their wellbeing, the care they offer goes beyond a pure focus on the client’s condition, but also focuses on their values, goals and overall health. Clients can expect self-care strategies and complementary therapies integrated with more traditional medical care. The whole health program includes virtual coaching and group programs and mind-body skills groups.

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Other Forms of Payment

Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.

Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.

Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.

Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

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Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.
aftercare iconAftercare Support
Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Treatments

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Programs

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Adult Program
Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.
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LGBTQ Program
Recovery is most successful when clients feel accepted and validated by their peers and treatment providers. Facilities that offer LGBTQ-inclusive programming are committed to creating a safe space where everyone can grow and recover without fear of judgment or discrimination. They will have dedicated policies in place to create a safe and supportive environment that fosters free expression.
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Military Program
Serving in the military is both mentally and physically challenging, and can result in trauma that persists even after combat ends. Military programs are tailored to the specific and often complex needs of active duty personnel, veterans, and military families. Clients often access these programs through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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Young Adult Program
Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is a way of getting nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking. It uses products that supply low doses of nicotine to help people stop smoking. The goal of therapy is to cut down on cravings for nicotine and ease the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.

Nutrition therapy, aka medical nutrition therapy (MNT), is a way of treating physical, emotional, and medical conditions through diet. Specific dietary plans are designed by professional nutritionists or registered dietitians, and patients follow them in order to positively affect their physical and mental health.

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Amenities

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Accreditations

The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.

Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes
Accreditation Number: 4739

Contact Information

Phone icon (715) 720-3780
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475 Chippewa Mall Drive
Suite 418
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729

Fact checked and written by:
Lauren Thompson
Edited by:
Kerry Nenn, BSW

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They should respect ex-military men more, my dad went there, and they made him wait 2 and a half hours just for a medical check!

Reviewed on 2/22/2019
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3.2 (26 reviews)
Figment Compendium
5 months ago
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Multiple trips to the ER for heart problems and what help does my primary at the clinic offer? None. They tell me to stay on the same meds i've been on for a month (at that time) that aren't helping and see what happens. This after one of the er visits. Been waiting for the scheduled phone call with them to try to get some more help, and they want to cancel because apparently they think I'm doing fine when they haven't actually been checking in with me. Frequent chest pains, shortness of breath, 9+ hour tachycardia attacks, but I'm doing fine while wracking up medical bills at the local er. I'll tell you this, I will be putting my doctor's name and the name of this clinic in the suicide note when I finally lose what's left of the tiny bit of hope I have left. So everyone knows who is responsible. THE VA KILLS 22 VETS A DAY.

1 year ago
5

Whenever I go there it's always good service and great staff.

K lake
1 year ago
5

Good place to get your primary care done but if you need any kind of urgent treatment go to Prevea Instacare in Altoona or the ED. All they will do is send you there anyway if you can wait for an appointment i high recommend them.

Dominick Guertin
1 year ago
5

An exceptional clinic. The staff are kind, appointments are easy to schedule and relatively timely, and everyone there seems to really enjoy their work. I'm very pleased to have this clinic in my community.

Spring Schutts
1 year ago
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Edwin John
2 years ago
5

Best VA Clinic I have EVER BEEN TO. Nurse Carri is phenomenal, all of the staff care so much. Miss Dr Vincint. He retired. Va has done it right here! They try and care for all veterans.

Justin K
2 years ago
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Average at best for a suggestion on Healthcare, but if you need paperwork or a call back good luck.

Robert Barry
4 years ago
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Great staff, have never had to wait. Thankful it's here. Would be great if they could get an eye clinic going....

P W
4 years ago
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The worst clinic by for . They dont care about veterans, all they care about is their paychecks, they should close this place and the money should go to the other hospitals because they are alot better then this

S S
4 years ago
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Husband had an eight a.m. appointment to get a shingle shot today (17 June 2020) and checked in and waited over an hr to just get the shot. He asked several times and they said they'd check into it...no one should have to wait that long just for a shot!

jim hartman
4 years ago
5

Jim Sebestyen
5 years ago
5

This VA clinic addressed all my medical needs and more. I never realized the VA had such quality clinics.

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