Assessment Counseling and Educational Services

Located in Salt Lake City, UT, Assessment Counseling and Educational Services operates within the UT regulatory framework as a licensed addiction-treatment provider. The facility's programming is outpatient (IOP, Dual Dx), not residential. Structural evaluation of this facility's clinical posture requires review of state licensing records, accreditation status, and payer-network contracts.

Care levels at Assessment Counseling and Educational Services

Assessment Counseling and Educational Services is an outpatient-focused program (IOP, Dual Dx) — patients live at home or in sober living and attend treatment sessions. This level of care is clinically appropriate for mild-to-moderate substance use disorder, or for patients stepping down from residential. ASAM Criteria 4e level-of-care matching requires clinical assessment across six dimensions (withdrawal potential, biomedical conditions, emotional/behavioral/cognitive conditions, readiness, relapse risk, recovery environment). The alignment of Assessment Counseling and Educational Services's offerings to any specific patient's clinical profile should be determined by an independent ASAM-aligned assessment prior to admission.

Insurance and payment

Assessment Counseling and Educational Services 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. Benefit verification should be obtained in writing prior to admission and should document: network contract status for the specific insurance product, prior authorization requirements and approved day-count, applicable cost-sharing structure, and out-of-network secondary coverage (where applicable). Proceeding on verbal VOB creates material risk of post-admission benefit dispute.

Specialty programming

The facility's documented specialty programming includes: Adult women, Adult men, Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients. Evaluation of specialty-program alignment requires documented review of clinical team credentials, specialty-specific programming hours, and integrated assessment protocols. Specialty designation without documented clinical infrastructure is a recognized marketing pattern in the sector.

Before you call

Pre-admission documentation for Assessment Counseling and Educational Services should include ASAM-framework level-of-care justification, plan-specific Verification of Benefits with network-contract confirmation, written MAT policy for opioid use disorder patients where applicable, and licensure/accreditation verification. If the clinical situation involves opioid use disorder, confirm explicitly whether Assessment Counseling and Educational Services offers medication-assisted treatment — buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. Programs that do not are operating outside the current standard of care.