US / NY / Saranac Lake / record bc4ac784
Col C David Merkel MD
Also listed as Veterans Residential Program
Residential/24-hour residential · Substance use treatment.
01 Admission
| Type of care | Substance use treatment · Mental health treatmentfindtreatment.gov · checked 2026-09-24 | ||||||||||||||
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| Setting | Residential/24-hour residential | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Private non-profit organization | ||||||||||||||
| Accepts | Young Adults · Adults · Seniors | ||||||||||||||
| Telephone | 518-891-8387 | ||||||||||||||
| Hours | Today: Open 24 hours
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02 What people say
1 out of 5 across 1 reviews on 1 site.
| 1 / 5· 1 review source · read 2026-09-28 |
03 Cost
This facility does not publish its prices, and no public record holds them. Almost no treatment facility in the United States publishes a price, and no state or federal register records one.
Ask for the total for the full stay, not the daily rate, and how much is due before admission. The questions to ask about money.
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- The total for the full stay, not the daily rate.
- How much is due before arrival, and what is refundable on early departure.
- What is excluded — medication, laboratory work, psychiatry, transport.
- Who pays the balance if insurance denies after admission.
| Payment accepted | County or local government funds · Medicaid · Private health insurance · Cash or self-payment · State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid · State welfare or child and family services fundsfindtreatment.gov · checked 2026-09-24 |
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Ask for the total, not the daily rate.
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05 Service record
| Type of Care | Substance use treatment · Mental health treatment |
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| Service Setting | Residential/24-hour residential |
| Facility Type | Residential treatment center (RTC) for adults |
| Pharmacotherapies | Nicotine replacement · Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation |
| Treatment Approaches | Activity therapy · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Couples/family therapy · Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy · Group therapy · Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment · Individual psychotherapy · Telemedicine/telehealth therapy · Abnormal involuntary movement scale |
| Emergency Mental Health Services | Crisis intervention team · Psychiatric emergency walk-in services |
| Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public) | Private non-profit organization |
| Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted | County or local government funds · Medicaid · Private health insurance · Cash or self-payment · State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid · State welfare or child and family services funds |
| Special Programs/Groups Offered | Veterans |
| Assessment/Pre-treatment | Screening for tobacco use |
| Testing | HIV testing · STD testing · TB screening · Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV) · Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV) · Laboratory testing |
| Recovery Support Services | Housing services · Mentoring/peer support |
| Education and Counseling Services | Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling |
| Facility Smoking Policy | Smoking not permitted |
| Age Groups Accepted | Young Adults · Adults · Seniors |
| Facility Vaping Policy | Vaping not permitted |
| Ancillary Services | Assertive community treatment · Court-ordered outpatient treatment · Diet and exercise counseling · Intensive case management · Psychosocial rehabilitation services · Vocational rehabilitation services · Case management service |
findtreatment.gov · mental health listing · checked 2026-09-24
06 Not on record
License status and expiry, inspection findings, who owns this facility, current bed availability, the price it would quote you, and what happens to people after they leave. We are assembling what exists in state and federal records now; for the rest, no public source has it. Everything we publish is attributed and dated. Keep this record and we will email it to you.
07 Also in Saranac Lake
| Citizen Advocates |
| Citizen Advocates |
| Col C David Merkel MD |
| Saint Josephs ATRC |
| Saint Josephs ATRC |