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They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Somerville is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Belle Mead, 11 miles away.

Flemington has 24 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Flemington often still has to be in person.

They treat young people from 12 up, so a parent calling from Flemington about a teenager is in the right place.

Days for a detox, weeks for a residential stay, months for outpatient care. Where a plan approves days in batches, the length you start with is not necessarily the length you get. Ask how many hours a week an outpatient program actually takes, because it varies widely.

The practical question is not severity but what you go home to each night. A clinician settles this on risk, history and circumstances, and the assessment is a single appointment. Ask whether the center offers the middle levels or only a bed and a weekly appointment.

The useful question is not whether a plan covers treatment but which level of care it will approve. Prior authorization is normal for a residential stay and unusual for a single outpatient visit. If a plan declines a level of care there is an appeal, and appeals are used more often than people expect.