Sliding Fee Scale - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facilities - Essex, MD.

A type of payment assistance that some drug and alcohol treatment facilities can offer their clients is a sliding fee scale. If an individual can afford some degree of self-payment, these programs provide financial aid on a case-by-case basis which can lower treatment costs so that it can be afforded by that particular client. How this typically works is the person will have to meet certain criteria and requirements for payment assistance, and will have to provide proof of income, information about how many dependents they have, what their household overhead is, etc. Based off this information admissions admins can determine what that client will need to pay, using a sliding scale.

As an example, if a person in Essex makes $18,000/year, has 3 children and $800 in monthly bills they may only need to pay $1000 for treatment, whereas an individual who has no dependents and makes $30 a year with no overhead will pay $3000.

Even when sliding payment scales are available, individuals may need to seek further assistance to afford this lesser fee. Intake administrators can help clients or their loved ones who are footing the bill for rehab apply for financing from a third party lender, and in mostcases this money doesn't need to be repaid until after the person completes rehab.

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