Chestnut Health Systems Inc

Chestnut Health Systems is a multi-service health and behavioral health organization providing care in Illinois and Missouri. Its service lines include primary care, dental care, mental health and substance use treatment, research, and community partnership programs. The site describes itself as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC).

On the mental health side, Chestnut lists crisis services, counseling and family services, psychiatry, prevention, and recovery support. Substance use services listed include crisis services, residential treatment, outpatient treatment, medication assisted treatment and recovery, medically monitored detoxification, and ambulatory withdrawal management. Additional programs include gambling services, overdose awareness, harm reduction and naloxone distribution, community education, insurance enrollment assistance, housing, a pregnant and postpartum program, and support services for veteran families. School-based services and a MetroLink community transit project are listed under community partners.

Primary care programs and services listed include primary care, behavioral health, psychiatry, medication assisted treatment and recovery, medically monitored detoxification, lab and pharmacy, and prevention services. The organization advertises walk-in hours for behavioral health assessments and lists walk-in locations and hours on its site.

Chestnut also operates the Lighthouse Institute, its research arm, which includes the Center for Implementation Science, a Chicago Regional Evaluation Office, an Evidence Based Practice Center, a Family Coaching Center, the GAIN Coordinating Center, the JEAP Research Center, and a National Native Center of Excellence. The Institute publishes research and evaluation projects, staff publications, and hosts the William White Library, an archive of addiction and recovery history papers, books, blogs, chronologies, and presentations.

Regarding cost, the site states that Chestnut accepts insurance and offers sliding fee discounts to make care accessible. Patient resources include a patient portal, forms, payment information, and financial assistance. The site lists an accreditation and affiliations page, though specific accrediting bodies are not named in the text provided.