UnityPoint Health - Eyerly Ball

UnityPoint Health - Eyerly Ball (Des Moines, IA) is a SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator-registered facility. The specific care levels offered by UnityPoint Health - Eyerly Ball should be confirmed directly with the admissions team. Evaluation of this facility against current clinical standards should encompass ASAM 4e framework alignment, MAT policy, and payer-specific network status.

Care levels at UnityPoint Health - Eyerly Ball

Care-level specifics for UnityPoint Health - Eyerly Ball are not well-documented in the public SAMHSA record; a direct conversation with the admissions team is the reliable way to confirm what the facility actually provides. Operational prerequisite for admission: documented clinical assessment establishing medical necessity for the specific level of care UnityPoint Health - Eyerly Ball provides. The ASAM Criteria 4e framework is the benchmark standard for this assessment and is referenced in most major payer medical-necessity documents.

Insurance and payment

UnityPoint Health - Eyerly Ball 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 facility also accepts TRICARE or military benefits. The operational prerequisite for admission is written documentation of: (a) network contract status; (b) prior authorization; (c) cost-sharing structure; (d) medical-necessity criteria applied. Absence of any of these four increases the probability of post-admission financial disagreement.

Specialty programming

The facility's documented specialty programming includes: Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders, Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI). Clinical verification of specialty programming should encompass credentialed staff profile, programming-hour documentation, and specialty-specific medical-necessity documentation for third-party authorization. The MHPAEA 2024 rule addresses specialty-program network adequacy for patients requiring specific clinical capabilities.

Before you call

Pre-admission due-diligence for UnityPoint Health - Eyerly Ball: (1) ASAM 4e level-of-care documentation matching clinical assessment; (2) written Verification of Benefits specific to insurance product; (3) MAT policy documentation (particularly buprenorphine and methadone continuation protocols for opioid use disorder patients); (4) accreditation verification via CARF or Joint Commission provider-search tools; (5) state licensing status confirmed via IA behavioral-health regulator inspection records. If the clinical situation involves opioid use disorder, confirm explicitly whether UnityPoint Health - Eyerly Ball offers medication-assisted treatment — buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. Programs that do not are operating outside the current standard of care.