Fresh Start Counseling Services
3490 West 81st Avenue, Merrillville, IN 46410
Insurance & payment
Coverage categories from the SAMHSA registry. Confirm specific plans with the clinic before your visit.
Services offered
Licensing and accreditation
Reported to the SAMHSA registry by the facility. Accreditation is voluntary, so its absence is not a red flag on its own.
Who this clinic serves
How this clinic compares in Merrillville
This is an outpatient provider: you attend an appointment and go home the same day, with the prescription sent to a pharmacy.
Fresh Start Counseling Services is one of 14 buprenorphine providers listed in Merrillville. On the coverage and access signals the registry records, it is indistinguishable from 4 other Merrillville clinics, so treat the points below as the real differences rather than any ranking.
What stands out here
- It has Spanish language services. Only 3 of 14 Merrillville clinics do (21%).
- It offers payment assistance. Only 4 of 14 Merrillville clinics do (29%).
What it does not report
- No record that it treats co-occurring mental health conditions. 64% of Merrillville clinics do, so this is worth confirming rather than assuming.
Worth asking when you call
- Whether they are taking new patients, which changes faster than the registry updates.
- The self-pay price for a first visit, and whether the medication is billed separately.
- How soon a first appointment is available, and what to bring.
Closest alternatives
Medicaid covers buprenorphine treatment in Indiana, but this clinic is not recorded as accepting it. Compare all 14 Merrillville clinics.
Details come from the SAMHSA treatment registry, verified 2026-07-28. Coverage and availability change faster than the registry updates, so call before you travel. Ordering across the site reflects how many people can use a clinic, not care quality. How we rank.