What happens when they recommend inpatient?

dagobah, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN · Jul 1, 2017

I never got inpatient, but I was scheduled for evaluation two weeks in. Luckily, I attended my support group before that eval. Nurses who were there said be on your best behavior and convey "regret" and acceptance.....because there is a possibility for inpatient recommendation. That scared the bejesus out of me. Never got recommended. But, I heard and know of some who experienced it and they all said was the best thing. So, that's all I can say to that. Haven't met anyone who had inpatient and completely hated it. All good testimonials.

allnurses Guide · Jul 2, 2017

If inpatient is recommended you go to inpatient, at your own cost I might add. They will not give you an option of going or not going and they won't care if you can't afford it. Standard rehab for a 1st timer is 30 days followed by 30 to 90 days of out patient follow-up. I was lucky because I had insurance through my husband's employer. The BON told me I needed to go to inpatient treatment but the insurance company wouldn't authorize it at first as I had been sober 12 days when I presented at the facility so the only treatment the insurance company would authorize was intensive out patient. They told me that if I started drinking again they would authorize in-patient. I asked them to put that in writing and sent that to my DEC (Diversion Enforcement Committee) I spoke to my rep and said I was prepared to go get drunk so I would qualify for treatment if need be to which they responded that I could do Intensive Out Patient for 13 weeks. My total insurance co-pay for treatment was $25.00. The diversion program though with all it's stipulations, random tests, and various fees ended up costing me around $20,000.00. I took out a 2nd on my house to pay for it. That was 15 years ago. One thing I recently found out though is that fees paid for drug tests are tax deductible medical expenses as are the cost of psych evals, psychology and psychiatric treatment so save those receipts.

Hppy

MFTinRN · Jul 7, 2017

If inpatient is recommended you go to inpatient, at your own cost I might add. They will not give you an option of going or not going and they won't care if you can't afford it. Standard rehab for a 1st timer is 30 days followed by 30 to 90 days of out patient follow-up. I was lucky because I had insurance through my husband's employer. The BON told me I needed to go to inpatient treatment but the insurance company wouldn't authorize it at first as I had been sober 12 days when I presented at the facility so the only treatment the insurance company would authorize was intensive out patient. They told me that if I started drinking again they would authorize in-patient. I asked them to put that in writing and sent that to my DEC (Diversion Enforcement Committee) I spoke to my rep and said I was prepared to go get drunk so I would qualify for treatment if need be to which they responded that I could do Intensive Out Patient for 13 weeks. My total insurance co-pay for treatment was $25.00. The diversion program though with all it's stipulations, random tests, and various fees ended up costing me around $20,000.00. I took out a 2nd on my house to pay for it. That was 15 years ago. One thing I recently found out though is that fees paid for drug tests are tax deductible medical expenses as are the cost of psych evals, psychology and psychiatric treatment so save those receipts.
Hppy

Ok, that's good to know about keeping receipts, thank you. I am going for my eval August 1st and I have ready so many comments that say that basically in Florida you're going to get in-patient. I try to keep reminding myself that I'm only seeing a small percentage of the nurses who are in IPN talk about their experiences but in-patient seems to be the standard, no matter what landed you in IPN.

Rosa09 · Jul 9, 2017

After I got evaluated I was recommended inpatient rehab. DO NOT go to the same place you are being evaluated, most people I know have stayed more than 30 days. I was given a very short list to pick from, after I requested more places to pick from, I was sent a list with 15 facilities. The one I needed up going to wa not in the list but they had worked with nurses from my state's monitoring program. My insurance paid for it, i only paid my deductible of $4,000. I kept my receipts and claimed it as medical expenses in my taxes. Do your research, you can send me a IM and I will tell you where I went.