Square Medical Group provides a structured and evidence-based Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) five days per week via Remote Telehealth. Patients attend five (5) times per week, and participate in group, family and individual counseling along with medication management as applicable.
SMG specializes in providing patients with a broad continuum of fully-integrated health services and, as such, patients may also receive the following services, based on their needs, during the course of their PHP participation:
- Comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and pre-screenings
- Behavioral health/mental health services through an SMG provider
- Tobacco cessation program
- Medication-Assisted Treatment or other pharmacological services through an SMG prescriber
- Urine Toxicology and Breathalyzer screenings (at least weekly).
- Case management services
Curriculum
Square Medical Group has developed a comprehensive curriculum based on a number of published and researched methods including SAMHSA’s Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIP) #47 and Substance Abuse: Clinical Issues in Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOT) along with guidance from the 2018 Standards & Guidelines issued by the Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare.
The organizing principles of the Square Medical Group PHP program shall be:
- Weaves cognitive behavioral concepts throughout groups and exercises.
- Incorporates family education and participation throughout the program.
- Introduces and encourages 12-Step participation or other self-help environments such as AA/NA, SMART Recovery, Refuge Recovery, Celebrate Recovery (faith-based), etc.
- Encourages the use of Medication-Assisted Treatment as an adjunct to PHP including Suboxone, Vivitrol and others.
- Uses urinalysis and other methods to monitor drug and alcohol use.
- Offers the ability to work with relapses as they occur, preventing the utilization of higher levels of care.
- Provides weekly access to psychiatric/addiction mid-level practitioners to address a variety of concerns, risks, and other factors.
- Focuses on relapse prevention.
- Focuses on self-sufficiency and independence after treatment.
- Provides accessible medical services arranged as needed with an SMG provider (most of whom are individually credentialed with all Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts plans along with other Medicaid and commercial health plans).
For more information on SMG’s Partial Hospitalization (PHP) Services or to schedule an intake appointment with one of our PHP clinicians, please call us at 617-916-5069.
Square Medical Group provides a structured and evidence-based Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) five days per week via remote telehealth. Patients will be expected to attend no less than three (3) times per week, with 5-day-per-week programming allowing for weekly flexibility in scheduling and individual counseling. SMG specializes in providing patients with a broad continuum of fully integrated health services and, as such, patients may also receive the following services, based on their needs, during the course of their IOP participation:
- Comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and pre-screenings
- Behavioral health/mental health services through an SMG provider
- Tobacco cessation program
- Medication-Assisted Treatment or other pharmacological services through an SMG prescriber
- Primary care or other specialty care through an SMG provider
- Urine toxicology and Breathalyzer screenings (at least weekly)
- Case management services
For more information on SMG’s Intensive Outpatient (IOP) services or to schedule an intake appointment with one of our IOP clinicians, please call us at
617-916-5069.
