What Is Private Rehab?

Private rehab is a substance abuse treatment program which accepts private health insurance. Private rehabs don't typically accept other types of insurance, such as Medicaid or Medicare, but they do of course accept self-pay clients who pay in full for their program. Private rehabs are considered premiere treatment facilities and are highly sought after. This is because clients can take advantage of so many more treatment opportunities than someone who doesn't have private health insurance. Clients at private rehabs not only have more treatment options, but they are also often provided with nicer amenities and accommodations than someone in a non-private program.

Private health insurance often covers a 30-day stay without question in a private rehab. This can be extended if the individual will need a significantly lengthier stay in treatment. Long-term private rehab programs offer more extensive treatment programs, and are prepared to keep clients in an inpatient or residential setting for weeks or months as is deemed necessary by treatment professionals. If a short-term program is preferred, it is important for treatment clients in private rehab to keep an open mind and be open the idea that treatment may extend beyond this point if treatment professionals indicate that there is more to be done once their 30-day stay is up. Because most individuals are still overcoming very superficial issues within the first few weeks of treatment, it is very likely that an extended stay in a more long-term private rehab will be required. At this point, treatment professionals will liaise with health insurance providers to have long-term rehab approved so the individual can continue their progress in recovery.

Because private rehabs don't have to worry about receiving grants or problems with funding issues, they have more resources to provide the utmost care and innovation in treatment to their clients. When an individual first arrives to a private rehab, they will be able to experience a very smooth detox process if this hasn't already been accomplished prior to their arrival in rehab. Top of the line facilities are available for detox services, and many private rehabs have both dry and wet saunas to help expedite the detox process as drugs and alcohol or eliminated from the body. Nutritional programs are offered to help supplement a healthy diet, proper exercise, and rest so that the individual can become stable physically and be able to tackle the remainder of their treatment plan without any detox and withdrawal symptoms holding them back.

There are private rehabs that use 12-step and there are private rehabs which use other alternative treatment techniques. The 12-step ideology that addiction is a disease and the individual will indefinitely be in recovery because of it doesn't ring true or prove effective for everyone. If this is the case for you or someone you care about and you are considering a private rehab, explore your options. There are private rehabs which utilize other techniques which have been just as if not more workable that the 12-steps. There are holistic rehabs, wilderness rehabs, and all sorts of options so that individuals have limitless options and can choose a private rehab that makes sense to them.