Substance Use Treatment in Kansas City, MO

University Health Behavioral Health

What Does University Health Behavioral Health Offer?

University Health Behavioral Health is a substance use treatment facility at 2020 Charlotte Street, UH 5, Kansas City, Missouri, offering intensive outpatient and outpatient treatment. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay and offers payment assistance. Medication treatment: buprenorphine and naltrexone.

2020 Charlotte Street, UH 5
Kansas City, MO 64108

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at University Health Behavioral Health

  • Outpatient
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • SAMHSA funding/block grants
  • Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

Medication Treatment

  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Prescribes buprenorphine
  • Prescribes naltrexone
  • Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
  • Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
  • Acamprosate (Campral®)
  • Disulfiram
  • Buprenorphine with naloxone
  • Buprenorphine without naloxone
  • Buprenorphine (extended-release, injectable)
  • Naltrexone (oral)
  • Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
  • Lofexidine
  • Clonidine

Who the Program Serves

  • Adolescents
  • Young adults
  • Pregnant/postpartum women
  • Ages: Children/Adolescents
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors
  • Accepts: Female
  • Accepts: Male

Language Services

  • Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Licensing and Accreditation

  • State substance use treatment agency
  • State mental health department
  • State department of health
  • Hospital licensing authority
  • The Joint Commission

Treatment Approaches

  • Brief intervention
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Contingency management/motivational incentives
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Relapse prevention
  • Substance use disorder counseling
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Trauma-related counseling

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Comprehensive mental health assessment
  • Comprehensive substance use assessment
  • Interim services for clients
  • Outreach to persons in the community
  • Complete medical history/physical exam
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Screening for substance use
  • Screening for mental disorders
  • Aftercare/continuing care
  • Discharge Planning
  • Naloxone and overdose education
  • Outcome follow-up after discharge
  • Housing services
  • Assistance with obtaining social services
  • Recovery coach
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Case management service
  • Domestic violence services, including family or partner
  • Early intervention for HIV
  • Mental health services
  • Social skills development
  • Integrated primary care services
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Drug or alcohol urine screening
  • HIV testing
  • STD testing
  • TB screening
  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring
  • Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
  • Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
  • Hepatitis A (HAV) vaccination
  • Hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination
  • Treatment for gambling disorder

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to choose a rehab you can trust lists the questions to ask when you call, and addiction treatment in Missouri lists the state's treatment agency.

Other Treatment Facilities Near University Health Behavioral Health

Measured by straight-line distance from this facility. See every listing on the Kansas City treatment page.

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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