Outpatient MAT in Calabasas

What This Treatment Is

Outpatient MAT means Medication-Assisted Treatment delivered inside an outpatient level of care — usually Intensive Outpatient (IOP) or Outpatient Program (OP). The patient lives at home and comes to campus (or logs in via telehealth) for scheduled clinical activity. For Calabasas residents, that campus is about 15 minutes north via US-101, and most follow-up care can move to video after the initial in-person work.

How Outpatient Differs from Residential

Residential means living at the facility 24/7. Outpatient means living at home and coming in for scheduled care. Both can deliver the same medications, therapy modalities, and psychiatric oversight. What differs is intensity and containment. Outpatient MAT is appropriate for adults whose home environment supports recovery and whose safety is stable — which is the case for most patients presenting for MAT.

Who Outpatient MAT Is For

Adults with opioid or alcohol use disorder who can maintain safety and stability outside a residential setting. It fits people stepping down from higher levels of care, patients whose clinical picture calls for outpatient from the start, and patients balancing recovery with work, school, or caregiving responsibilities. Level of care is a clinical decision made at intake and adjustable as treatment progresses.

Elevated Healing’s Specialty-Led Approach

For Calabasas patients, our Woodland Hills team delivers outpatient MAT through board-certified psychiatric providers and licensed therapists across IOP (3–5 sessions per week) and OP (weekly therapy plus regular psychiatric follow-up). The commute makes this practical — short enough not to disrupt work, long enough to preserve some privacy from your immediate area.

What patients typically experience:

• Initial psychiatric evaluation and MAT initiation on campus.
• IOP: three to five sessions weekly (mix of group and individual therapy), plus MAT management visits.
• OP: weekly therapy plus regular MAT follow-up (moving from weekly to monthly as stability builds).
• Evidence-based therapies: CBT, DBT, motivational enhancement, EMDR when trauma is a factor.
• Telehealth for follow-up psychiatric visits and individual therapy, minimizing the ongoing commute.
• Coordinated psychiatric care when a mental health condition is also present.

Access from Calabasas

Our physical location is at 21250 Califa St, Ste 114, Woodland Hills, CA 91367, about a 15-minute drive from Calabasas via US-101 in normal traffic.

• From central Calabasas — US-101 East, exit at Winnetka Avenue or De Soto Avenue, then a short drive north.
• From Hidden Hills or Woodland Hills-adjacent areas — many patients complete the trip in under 15 minutes.
• From Agoura Hills or Westlake Village — allow about 20–25 minutes via US-101.
• Telehealth — after your initial in-person assessment, most follow-up psychiatric visits can be done by video across California, reducing travel burden for maintenance and step-down care.

New patients typically complete their initial evaluation in person; ongoing follow-up can be scheduled remotely when clinically appropriate.

Program Levels That Deliver This Care

This service is delivered inside the level of care that matches your clinical need at intake. Level of care can shift over time as treatment progresses.

Insurance, Cost, and Getting Started

Most commercial insurance plans cover outpatient mat under mental health and substance use disorder benefits, which are subject to federal parity requirements under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. Parity means insurers cannot impose stricter limits on behavioral health services than they apply to physical health services — a real legal protection worth knowing you have when you call.

The first step is a conversation with our admissions team. This call is free, confidential, and carries no obligation. During it, we:

• Verify your insurance benefits within one business day.
• Confirm what’s covered, what your copay or coinsurance will be, and whether prior authorization applies.
• Start any required prior authorization on your behalf so you’re not stuck on hold with your insurer.
• Schedule a clinical evaluation — usually within a few business days of your first call, sooner when the situation is time-sensitive.

If insurance doesn’t cover the service or your plan design doesn’t fit, self-pay options can be discussed. There is no charge to have this conversation. Reach us at (747) 888-3000 or use our insurance verification form.

What Progress Looks Like

Recovery through outpatient mat is not a straight line, and durable clinical outcomes rarely happen in weeks. Realistic timelines matter here more than optimistic promises. Most patients notice measurable improvement in the first month of consistent treatment — reduced cravings, more stable mood, better sleep, easier engagement with therapy. Substantive behavioral change typically takes root over three to six months.

Progress is reviewed at every clinical visit. We measure it in specifics: frequency of the target behavior, functional recovery in work and relationships, sleep quality, and — where medications are involved — how well the pharmacology is holding cravings and side effects. When something isn’t working, we adjust. That might mean a dose change, a therapy focus shift, or a step up or down in level of care. The plan follows the patient’s clinical picture, not the other way around.

Setbacks are treated as clinical data, not moral failure. If a relapse or symptom flare happens, the team’s job is to understand what led to it and refine the plan. Patients are not discharged for a relapse. Long-term recovery is often what happens after the acute treatment phase ends, and we plan for that from the first visit — through aftercare planning, coordinated hand-offs, and telehealth follow-up available across California.

Confidentiality and HIPAA Protections

Treatment records at Elevated Healing are protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and, for substance use records specifically, under 42 CFR Part 2 — a federal regulation providing additional protection for substance use disorder treatment information. That means treatment status and clinical details are not disclosed to family members, employers, or third parties without your written authorization, except in narrowly defined legal circumstances (imminent harm, court order).

Practical protections include HIPAA-compliant scheduling and communication systems, secure insurance verification channels, and billing structured to minimize what appears on statements. Patients with heightened confidentiality concerns can request specific accommodations at intake — arrival timing, check-in flow, telehealth-first scheduling — and our admissions team will confirm what’s available.

Frequently Asked Questions