Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers in Oxford, AR
This page brings together drug and alcohol addiction treatment providers in Oxford, including nearby communities such as Violet Hill, Franklin, Horseshoe Bend, Pineville, and Melbourne. Scroll down to browse inpatient rehabs, outpatient programs, virtual treatment providers, counselors, and therapists nearby.
The Oxford addiction treatment centers listed below, including facilities serving Salem, Viola, and Calico Rock, are reviewed against bodies such as the Arkansas Department of Human Services, SAMHSA, The Joint Commission, and CARF International. Explore the listings below.
1 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Treatment Centers in Oxford, AR
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Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in Oxford, AR
Oxford sits in the Ozarks of north Arkansas in Izard County, between Melbourne and the White River country.
The community is small and scattered through hill country, with the Ozark National Forest to the west and no larger town nearby.
Izard County is thinly settled farming and timber country.
Provisional CDC counts for this county are withheld under small-number rules, so no local figure is published, and the absence of one should not be read as the absence of a problem.
Local provision is small in number but includes a bed. Two facilities sit within twelve miles of Oxford, one indicating residential care and one partial hospitalization.
Neither indicates detox nor intensive outpatient, and one offers medication-assisted treatment.
Widening to thirty miles reaches nine facilities including one with detox and three residential, as the ring stretches toward Mountain Home and Batesville.
This is a two and a half hour drive from the capital, deep in the Ozark hill country.
Which Level of Care Do You Need
The figures below use a twelve-mile catchment with wider numbers where they change the picture, covering Oxford, Melbourne and Hardy.
Medically Supervised Detox
For anyone physically dependent on alcohol, opioids or benzodiazepines, treatment starts here: withdrawal monitored by clinical staff across several days. Around one facility within thirty miles of Oxford indicates detox provision, though none sits within twelve. With only one provider, how long the wait runs is the thing to establish first. The first seventy-two hours carry the highest risk in alcohol withdrawal, which makes overnight cover a reasonable thing to ask about.
Inpatient Residential Treatment
Living at the program is what residential means, usually for thirty to ninety days, inside a structure that carries the whole week. Around one facility within twelve miles of Oxford indicates residential provision, rising to about three within thirty. The bed within twelve miles of Oxford is the same one counted from Melbourne, so Izard County holds one between its communities rather than one apiece.
Outpatient, IOP and PHP Treatment
Because Arkansas assesses against ASAM criteria, the level you are placed at is a clinical finding rather than a sales category, and it is worth asking to see it. Around two providers within twelve miles offer outpatient services, one indicates partial hospitalization and one offers medication-assisted treatment, with no intensive outpatient locally, rising to eight and one within thirty. Oxford is a scattered rural community rather than a town, and everything on this page belongs to Melbourne or the road toward Mountain Home, which makes the journey the practical question rather than the choice of program.
Dual Diagnosis and Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Dual diagnosis means working on the addiction and the mental health condition in parallel, which the evidence consistently supports. Around one provider within twelve miles of Oxford indicates this work, rising to about six within thirty. Roads here are slow and can close in winter, so it is worth asking at the outset whether some sessions can be held remotely between visits.
Arkansas runs a managed care model found nowhere else. People with complex behavioral health needs are enrolled in a PASSE, a Provider-led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity, which coordinates physical health, behavioral health and home and community-based services together. Four operate: Arkansas Total Care, CareSource, Empower Healthcare Solutions and Summit Community Care. If addiction sits alongside a serious mental health condition, ask whether a PASSE assessment applies, because it changes who coordinates the care and what is covered.
Sober Living Homes and Transitional Living
Where someone lives after treatment matters as much as the treatment. This directory does not cover recovery housing, though the Arkansas Recovery Housing Association certifies homes across the state. Because standards are not enforced, ask who certifies a residence before moving in. There is very little rental housing in Oxford itself, so recovery housing realistically means Melbourne or Mountain Home.
Addiction Treatment Cost and Insurance Coverage in Oxford, AR
North Arkansas prices at the lower end of the state range, and in a county this remote transport is frequently a larger obstacle than cost.
How Much Does Addiction Rehab Cost?
Partial hospitalization near Oxford runs roughly $6,900 to $13,500 a month and is available within reach, alongside residential treatment at $5,900 to $24,000 a month, standard outpatient at $1,250 to $5,000 a month and medication-assisted treatment. Medical detox at $1,400 to $4,900 a week and intensive outpatient at $2,600 to $9,000 a month both mean traveling.
Because a medication option exists locally, ask a prescriber whether buprenorphine can be started here while any residential placement is being arranged elsewhere.
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Medical detox (7–14 days) | $1,400 – $4,900 per week | $200 – $700 |
| Residential inpatient | $5,900 – $24,000 | $195 – $800 |
| PHP | $6,900 – $13,500 | $230 – $450 |
| IOP | $2,600 – $9,000 | $85 – $300 |
| Outpatient | $1,250 – $5,000 | $40 – $165 |
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Residential inpatient | $17,000 – $50,000+ | $565 – $1,660 |
| PHP | $14,000 – $32,000 | $465 – $1,065 |
| IOP | $9,500 – $24,000 | $315 – $800 |
| Outpatient | $5,000 – $15,500 | $165 – $515 |
Does Insurance Cover Rehab?
Yes. Addiction treatment sits among the essential health benefits most plans are required to include. What a plan actually pays varies with the employer, the network and the level of care, so two people with the same insurer can face very different bills. ARHOME and Medicare reach a larger share of this population than employer plans do.
A plan covering treatment is not a plan approving it. Prior authorization is near-universal before detox and residential care, and in-network or out-of-network usually decides the bill. Getting there is usually the harder problem than paying for it, so ask what travel help a provider can arrange before deciding a program is out of reach.
Arkansas expanded Medicaid through ARHOME, which is unusual in how it works: rather than issuing a Medicaid card, it buys private Blue Cross Blue Shield or Ambetter cover on the state exchange for most enrollees. You are covered by Medicaid, but the card in your wallet says something else, so tell a program you are on ARHOME rather than simply saying you have Blue Cross.
A change worth acting on now. ARHOME, the Medicaid expansion program covering around 210,000 Arkansans, introduced a work and community engagement requirement. A soft launch began on 1 July 2026 and full enforcement starts on 1 January 2027, when non-exempt adults aged 19 to 64 must complete 80 hours a month of work, study or volunteering to keep coverage. Exemptions include being medically frail, having a serious medical condition, caring for a dependent, homelessness and recent incarceration. Anyone in treatment for an addiction may well qualify, but the exemption has to be claimed rather than assumed. When Arkansas last tried this in 2018, more than 18,000 people lost coverage, and research afterwards found the overwhelming majority were eligible and had simply not reported. Check your status at access.arkansas.gov and keep your address and phone number current there.
Free and State-Funded Addiction Rehab in Oxford, AR
The Arkansas Department of Human Services regulates the public addiction treatment system through its Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, which licenses providers and directs state and federal funding, and it runs the Arkansas State Hospital in Little Rock as the state psychiatric facility.
More Help and Recovery Support
White River Health in Batesville and Baxter Health in Mountain Home are the nearest larger hospitals, each around forty-five minutes away.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets in Melbourne and the surrounding communities, and in a county this remote those rooms are frequently the only ongoing support within reach. Narcotics Anonymous operates a north Arkansas area, and Celebrate Recovery meets in churches locally. Nearby Melbourne, Hardy and Mountain View carry further listings, with more across Arkansas.
Free and confidential, available now
Arkansas DHS Substance Abuse Treatment referral — 1-844-763-0198 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988
References and Citations
- CDC National Center for Health Statistics — VSRR provisional county-level drug overdose death counts, Izard County, twelve months ending December 2021 and December 2025, data as of 5 July 2026.
- Arkansas Department of Human Services — Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, provider licensing and the Arkansas State Hospital.
- Arkansas Department of Human Services — ARHOME Community Engagement and Work Requirement, soft implementation from 1 July 2026 and enforcement from 1 January 2027.
- Arkansas Department of Human Services — Provider-led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity (PASSE) program, established under Act 775.
- Rehab Seekers directory listings, Oxford and Izard County, August 2026, and market rate research, Arkansas, 2026. Ranges are indicative and vary by facility, length of stay and coverage.