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EAP and employer referrals

If someone at work needs detox, the practical questions are the same every time: how fast can this happen, what will it cost, and what will I be told afterwards. The last one has a firm legal answer and it is probably not the one you expect.

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The essentials

Referring someone, in short

How an employer or EAP refers someone to medical detox at Briarwood: one call, a free benefit check, and what federal law does and does not allow us to tell you afterwards.

Referring someone today?

Admissions can tell you on the call whether a bed is available and what the plan covers.

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At a glance

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Who can refer
An employer, an EAP, a union rep, or the employee themselves
How it starts
One call to admissions, answered 24 hours a day
What we provide
Medical detox — inpatient in Austin and Houston, outpatient in San Antonio
Treatment after it
Residential and outpatient, through Nova Recovery Center
Confidentiality
42 CFR Part 2 — stricter than HIPAA; nothing goes back without written consent
Self-pay
From $900 a day inpatient, $350 a day outpatient
With insurance
$0–$5,000 out of pocket, depending on the plan
Locations
Austin · Houston · San Antonio

Confidentiality

What gets back to the employer

Nothing, without the employee's written consent. Substance use treatment records are covered by 42 CFR Part 2, a federal rule that is stricter than HIPAA: it restricts not only what a program may disclose but whether it may confirm that someone is a patient at all.

In practice that means an employer or EAP cannot be told someone was admitted, how they are doing, or when they discharged, unless that person signs a release naming who may be told and what they may be told. A release can be narrow — confirming attendance and nothing clinical is a common and reasonable shape for it.

This is the law rather than a Briarwood policy, so the answer would be the same at any licensed program. It is worth knowing before you promise a manager an update you cannot give.

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The referral

Four steps, and the first one is a phone call

  1. 01

    Call admissions

    Call (512) 960-4061, answered 24 hours a day. The referrer can be the employer, the EAP or the employee.

  2. 02

    Free benefit check

    Admissions verifies the plan and returns a figure rather than an estimate. It costs nothing and commits nobody.

  3. 03

    Medical assessment

    A clinical assessment establishes the level of care — inpatient detox, outpatient detox, or something else.

  4. 04

    Admission and handoff

    Treatment after detox is arranged before discharge rather than left to the employee to organize.

Straight answers

Employer and EAP questions

What will the employer be told?

Nothing, without the employee’s written consent. Substance use records fall under 42 CFR Part 2, a federal rule stricter than HIPAA: it restricts whether a program may confirm someone is a patient at all, not just what it may say about them.

Can an employer or EAP make the referral?

Yes. Admissions takes the call from an employer, an EAP, a union representative or the employee, 24 hours a day. What a referrer can be told afterwards is a separate question and is governed by the release the employee signs.

How quickly can someone be admitted?

Often the same day. It depends on a bed and on the medical assessment rather than on paperwork, and admissions can say on the call whether today is realistic.

How admission works, step by step
What does it cost an employer?

Inpatient detox is $900 a day self-pay in Austin and Houston, which is $4,500 to $6,300 for a typical 5 to 7 day stay. Outpatient detox in San Antonio is $350 a day. With insurance most people pay $0 to $5,000 out of pocket. Medications and labs are billed separately.

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Is the employee’s job protected while they are in detox?

That depends on the employer, the plan and whether FMLA applies, and it is a question for the employer’s HR or counsel rather than for us. What Briarwood can confirm is the clinical side: what the stay involves, how long it usually runs, and what follows.

What happens after detox?

Detox manages withdrawal; it is not treatment on its own. Residential or outpatient treatment through Nova Recovery Center, or sober living through Eudaimonia Recovery Homes, is arranged before discharge rather than left to the employee to organize.

What comes after detox

Call before you have all the answers

You do not need the employee's insurance details or a decision about the level of care to start. Admissions will tell you what is possible today, and nothing is committed by asking.

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Where we are

Detox centers across Texas

Three locations, each with its own admissions line and its own clinical team. Pick the one nearest you — or call and we will tell you which has a bed tonight.

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