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Outpatient Addiction Treatment · Updated June 2026

Addiction Treatment That Works Around Your Job

Outpatient MAT for working adults across Tennessee and North Georgia. You come in once to start; after that, your follow-up visits can be by telehealth — a secure video call you can take on a lunch break, from the car, or before a shift. Getting treatment doesn't have to cost you your job or your privacy.

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Same-week first appointments · In-person & telehealth visits · TennCare, BlueCare, BCBS, UHC, and most commercial insurance accepted.

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Getting treatment when time off is hard to get

Addiction-treatment clinics keep daytime hours. Ours are open 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. — the same window most people are expected to be at work. For a lot of working adults, that is the whole reason treatment gets put off: you can't keep taking half-days to drive to a clinic without questions from a supervisor or a hit to your paycheck, and you don't want your recovery becoming news around the office.

Telehealth helps with that. You still come in once to get started, but the visits that repeat every week, every two weeks, or every month can happen by video instead. In practice, working patients often still have to take time off early on, when visits are weekly. It gets much more manageable once visits are monthly.

How it works around a job

Your first visit is always in person at whichever of our four clinics is closest to you. Plan for about 2 to 3 hours — it is a full four-step intake: paperwork and clinical intake, a meeting with a counselor, a doctor evaluation, and your same-day prescription. We are a medication-assisted treatment center, so for opioid, kratom or 7-OH, or alcohol use disorder you leave your first visit with your prescription that day — Suboxone for opioids and for kratom or 7-OH, or the right medication for alcohol. That is the one long visit.

After that, your follow-up visits can be by telehealth: short secure video appointments, usually 30 to 45 minutes, that you can take from anywhere — from home on a break, from a parked car, or even while you're traveling. They cover the parts of treatment that repeat: checking how your medication is working, refills, and counseling check-ins. For the full mechanics of how virtual visits run, see our telehealth visits page.

What's telehealth, and what stays in person

  • In person: your first visit, and any injection — Sublocade, Brixadi, or Vivitrol — since those are given at the clinic.
  • Telehealth: ongoing Suboxone medication management and counseling follow-ups, available by secure video across Tennessee and Georgia unless your provider asks to see you in person.

Our four clinics

Every clinic is open 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time; the days vary by clinic:

Sublocade, Brixadi, and Vivitrol injections are given at our Chattanooga, Cleveland, and Ringgold clinics.

What your employer can and can't see

Your treatment records are protected by two federal privacy laws: HIPAA, and 42 CFR Part 2, the stricter rule written specifically for addiction-treatment records. Together they mean your employer is not notified that you are a patient, and nothing about your care is released to anyone without your written consent, except in limited cases the law allows, such as a medical emergency or a court order.

If a drug screen or a medical question ever comes up at work, what you choose to disclose is your decision. Our role is to treat you and to protect your records — not to report to anyone. You can read more on our HIPAA and privacy page.

First visit in person, then follow-ups can be by video

After the first visit, you can do your follow-ups by video. Call to book your first appointment — same-week at all four clinics.

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FMLA and work-leave paperwork

If you need documentation to protect your job while you start treatment, ask us. We can complete FMLA paperwork, medical-leave forms, and return-to-work letters when they are clinically appropriate, the same way any medical provider does. Bring the form from your HR department to your first visit, or tell the intake team you'll need one, and we will handle it as part of your care.

This matters most early on, while you are starting medication and visits are weekly. That is when patients often have to take time off work.

Insurance and cost

TennCare patient cost is typically $0 (BlueCare, Wellpoint, and UHC Community Plan) through the BESMART preferred-buprenorphine program at our TennCare-enrolled clinics. Commercial plans from BCBS, UHC, Aetna, Cigna, and Humana are accepted — verify your specific plan in under a minute. Self-pay is a flat $250 per month. Most plans cover telehealth visits the same as in-person ones.

Putting it off because of work?

It is the most common reason people delay treatment. One in-person visit to start, follow-ups that can be by telehealth, and FMLA paperwork if you need it. Call and we will find you a first appointment that works around your schedule.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I get addiction treatment without missing work?

Often not at first. While visits are weekly, you may need to take time off work; it gets much more manageable once visits are monthly. After your in-person first visit, follow-up visits can be by telehealth across Tennessee and Georgia, which helps if your work schedule is very heavy. Many of our patients take their video visit on a lunch break, from the car, or before a shift.

Do I have to come to a clinic in person?

Your first visit is always in person. After that, follow-up visits can be by telehealth. You only have to come in for an injection (Sublocade, Brixadi, or Vivitrol) or when your provider asks to see you.

Will my employer find out I'm in treatment?

No. Your records are protected by HIPAA and by 42 CFR Part 2, the federal rule written specifically for addiction-treatment records. Your employer is not notified that you are a patient, and nothing is released without your written consent, except in limited cases the law allows, such as a medical emergency or a court order. If you need FMLA or work-leave paperwork, we can provide it at your request.

Can Suboxone visits be done by telehealth?

Yes. After your in-person first visit, ongoing Suboxone (buprenorphine) management is routinely handled by secure video unless your provider asks to see you in person. Sublocade and Brixadi injections are still given at the clinic.

Talk to us

Restoration Recovery's intake team answers calls Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern. After hours, leave a message or fill out the callback form and we will respond on the next business day. If you need help right now, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and the free, confidential SAMHSA National Helpline (1-800-662-4357) are available 24/7.

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Start treatment without putting your job at risk

It takes one in-person visit to start; after that, follow-ups can be by telehealth. Same-week appointments at all four of our clinics; most major insurance plans accepted.

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