Alcona Health Centers -

We are always looking for exceptional staff to provide healthcare to Northern Michigan. Check our Job Postings to see what positions are currently available.

Alcona Health Center offers services throughout Northern Michigan. Find our nearest clinic to you!

Our staff is dedicated to providing top quality medical services to you. Find out what staff works at your local clinic!

The purpose of Alcona Citizens for Health, Inc., shall be to promote, develop and operate such facilities and programs as are necessary to provide quality health care to all residents of Alcona County and the surrounding areas, regardless of ability to pay.

Alcona Health Centers is a network of healthcare clinics serving northeastern and northwestern lower Michigan in Alcona, Alpena, Iosco, and Emmet counties.

It is the policy of Alcona Citizens for Health, Inc. that it does not descriminate on basis of race, age, color, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, income, gender identity, sexual orientation or creed. This policy applies to staff, volunteers, patients/clients, guests, and Board Members. 

Alcona Citizens for Health, Inc. provides assistance for those with limited English proficiency.

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We want to hear from you.  We want to know how we can serve you better.  Please take this online survey that allows you to submit your concerns at your leisure and confidentially.  When you do we will be able to address your issues quickly.  It gives you a means of voicing your satisfaction or dissatisfaction and allows you to put in comments as well. 

It will only take a few minutes.  We thank you for your time and participation.

Alcona Health Center is pleased to offer the Patient Portal. The Patient Portal is a free service that allows patients to view limited medical records. By logging onto the secure website link sent to you via email, you will be able to view lab/test results, health summaries, medication lists, and appointments. You can even change your demographic information online! Please stop by Alcona Health Center and request Patient Portal Access with the receptionist.

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This exciting program helps families purchase locally grown fresh produce, education on making healthy food choices, and preparation of healthy meals. Alcona Health Center is excited to be part of this program. More information can be found from the following video:

Please call (989) 358-3915 for any questions or to register for the Prescription For Health program.

Patient Center Medical Home Information

Alcona Health Center is a Patient Centered Medical Home.

The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is an approach to providing comprehensive primary care for children, youth and adults. The PCMH is a health care setting that facilitates partnerships between individual patients, and their personal physicians, and when appropriate, the patient’s family.

Alcona Health Center Pharmacy now offers

Visit Portal To Good Health

Providing services for all your dental needs

We participate in many dental plans, including Medicaid, Health Kids, MI Child and most other insurances. You may also qualify for our Sliding Fee Program, and payment plan options.

The Behavioral Health Services Department at Alcona Health Center welcomes all patients who have established with a Medical Primary Care Physician (PCP). The Behavioral Health Consultants (BHCs) are fully licensed Professional Counselors and/or Masters of Social Work in the State of Michigan, and at least one is available in all Alcona Health Center sites, including Alcona Elementary School, Alcona Middle/Senior High School and Lincoln Elementary School in Alpena. The BHCs are able to provide counseling and therapy to all ages, and also to individuals and families. The BHC works collaboratively with your PCP to provide you with seamless integrated treatment to work toward successful resolution of the issues you are facing, and to help you improve your quality of life. The BHCs will work with you to develop personal goals that you would like to see accomplished. These goals may be accomplished through any of the following, and maybe in combination of two or more: Individual Counseling, Group Counseling, Couples Counseling, or Family Counseling. We also have Psychiatric Services available on-site at our Lincoln clinic, or telepsychiatry available in several of our clinics, with the goal of having it available at all AHC clinics in the future.

Primary Focus of the Provider

• Substance Abuse Treatment Services
• Mental Health Treatment Services
• Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
• General health services

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Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Substance abuse treatment
• Detoxification
• Methadone maintenance
• Methadone maintenance for predetermined time
• Methadone detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Buprenorphine maintenance for predetermined time
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Relapse prevention from naltrxone
• Buprenorphine used in treatment
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
• Methadone
• Transitional housing or halfway house
• Do not treat opiod addiction
• Use methadone/buprenorphoine for pain management or emergency dosing
• Do not use medication for opioid addiction
• Accepts clients on opioid medication
• Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone
• All Clients in Opioid Treatment Program
• SAMHSA-certified Opioid Treatment Program

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Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit of a general hospital
• Residential treatment center (RTC) for children
• Residential treatment center (RTC) for adults
• Other residential treatment facility
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Outpatient mental health facility
• Community mental health center
• Multi-setting mental health facility (e.g., residential plus outpatient)

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Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavioral therapy
• Behavior modification
• Integrated dual disorders treatment
• Trauma therapy
• Activity therapy
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Psychotropic medication
• Telemedicine therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Trauma-related counseling
• Rational emotive behavioral therapy

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted
• Smoking permitted in designated area
• Smoking permitted without restriction

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Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

• Hospital inpatient
• Residential
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Outpatient
• Short-term residential
• Long-term residential
• Residential detoxification
• Outpatient detoxification
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Computerized treatment
• General Hospital(including VA hospital)
• Psychiatric hospital

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• State mental health authority
• Other state government agency
• Regional/district or county, local or municipal government
• Tribal government
• Indian Health Service
• State Government
• Local, county, or community government
• Department of Defense
• State substance abuse agency
• State mental health department
• State department of health
• Hospital licensing authority
• The Joint Commission
• Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation
• National Committee for Quality Assurance
• Council on Accreditation
• Healthcare Facilitiues Accreditation Program
• Other national oraganization

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• No payment accepted
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• Access to recovery (ATR) voucher
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State education funds
• Other State funds
• County or local government funds
• Community Service Block Grants
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• U.S Department of VA funds
• Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

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Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

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Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

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Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish
• Native American Indian or Alaska Native languages
• Other languages(excluding Spanish)

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Military families
• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Seniors or older adults
• Adolescents
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Adult women
• Adult men
• Persons with HIV or AIDS
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons who have experienced sexual abuse
• Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Children with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Transitional age young adults
• Persons with eating disorders

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Ancillary Services

• Assertive community treatment
• Intensive case management
• Case management
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Consumer-run (peer-support) services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Housing services
• Illness management and recovery
• Integrated primary care service
• Legal advocacy
• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Screening for tobacco use
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Therapeutic foster care
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counselling
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Alcohol Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Cocaine Detoxification
• Methamphetamines Detoxification
• Opiods Detoxification
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for internet use disorder
• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• Marital/couples counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Martix Model
• Community reinforcement plus vouchers
• Relapse prevention
• Residential beds for clients children

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Age Groups Accepted

• Children/adolescents
• Young adults
• Adults
• Seniors (65 or older)

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

• Methadone and buprenorphine clients only
• Methadone clients only
• DUI/DWI clients
• Serve only DWI clients

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