Rehab Centers for Pregnant Women in Phoenix

Do pregnant people get priority for addiction treatment in Phoenix?

Pregnant people do get priority: opioid treatment programs in Arizona, including those in Phoenix, must give pregnant patients with opioid use disorder priority for admission. AHCCCS Medical Policy Manual 660 requires these programs to keep priority policies and to provide prenatal and postpartum care, either directly or by referral.

Phoenix methadone clinic listings and Suboxone clinic listings show which clinics report pregnancy services. Both methadone and buprenorphine are prescribed in pregnancy and usually kept going under medical care, while withdrawal from alcohol, benzodiazepines or opioids should be supervised and coordinated with prenatal care.

Wait times at Phoenix detox, residential and outpatient programs can change once intake staff know a caller is pregnant, so say so on the first call. The City of Phoenix also lists a 24/7 walk-in intake clinic on North 75th Avenue at 1-855-245-6350.

Other points worth raising with a program include any limit on weeks of pregnancy, how staff coordinate with an obstetrician, whether children can stay during residential care and whether support continues after the birth. AHCCCS members can check with their plan on the length of postpartum coverage and on network status.

Will AHCCCS pay for treatment during and after pregnancy in Phoenix?

AHCCCS, Arizona’s Medicaid program, is the main public payer for addiction treatment in Phoenix. Maricopa County members choose among six AHCCCS Complete Care plans, including Mercy Care, Banner-University Family Care and Molina Healthcare. Mercy Care is also the regional behavioral health plan. Ask your plan how long coverage lasts after delivery and which listed programs are in network.

Uninsured Maricopa residents should know that Mercy Care’s Substance Use Disorder Services fund ended on April 1, 2024. That help now runs through the federal substance use block grant. People with private insurance can match their plan to the payment types shown on each listing.

What should a Phoenix program for pregnant clients offer?

Medication and withdrawal care

Federal clinical guidance and obstetric guidance both say methadone and buprenorphine are used during pregnancy and are generally continued under medical care. Withdrawal from alcohol, benzodiazepines or opioids should be handled under medical supervision and coordinated with prenatal care. Phoenix detox listings and residential listings note which programs report accepting pregnant clients.

Questions to ask the admissions team

Phoenix families should ask each program about these points:

• Whether it has a gestational week limit
• Whether it coordinates with your OB
• Whether children can stay in residential care
• Whether it offers childcare and parenting support
• Whether care continues after the birth
• How child welfare reporting at delivery works

Phoenix listings also show languages, accreditation and the populations each program serves. Women’s rehab listings in Phoenix may suit people who want women-only groups.

Getting to appointments matters through a pregnancy. Phoenix Sky Harbor is the nearest major airport for 93 percent of these programs, a median of 9.8 miles away. Valley Metro Rail runs the A Line to Mesa and the B Line from northwest Phoenix to Baseline Road. Programs away from Central Avenue and the rail line will need a bus connection. Nearly all of these programs are within 25 miles of a river, most often the New River, and the Union Hills are a median of 9.3 miles away.

Crisis support in Phoenix is available at any hour:

• 988, the national crisis line
• The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline, 1-833-852-6262
• The national treatment referral line, 1-800-662-4357
• Maricopa County’s crisis line, 1-800-631-1314
• Arizona’s statewide crisis line, 1-844-534-4673

For options across Arizona, see rehab for pregnant women in Arizona, or browse all treatment listings in Phoenix.