Southern Addiction Medicine Services
5001 Highway 190 East Service Road, Suite D-5, Covington, LA 70433
Insurance & payment
Coverage categories from the SAMHSA registry. Confirm specific plans with the clinic before your visit.
Services offered
How this clinic compares in Covington
This is an opioid treatment program, so medication is usually taken on site rather than picked up at a pharmacy.
Southern Addiction Medicine Services is one of 5 buprenorphine providers listed in Covington. Its combination of coverage and access is unique among them.
What stands out here
- It doses on site as an opioid treatment program. Only 1 of 5 Covington clinics do (20%).
What it does not report
- No record that it accepts Medicaid. 80% of Covington clinics do, so this is worth confirming rather than assuming.
- No record that it accepts private insurance. 80% of Covington 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
- Florida Parishes Human Servs Authority
- Covington Behavioral Health
- Avenues Recovery Center at Covington
Medicaid covers buprenorphine treatment in Louisiana, but this clinic is not recorded as accepting it. Compare all 5 Covington 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.