Bergen New Bridge Medical Center

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is a not-for-profit, hospital-based addiction treatment center in Paramus, New Jersey offering substance use disorder care through its Evergreen Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program.

The program spans the full continuum of care including inpatient withdrawal management and short-term residential treatment as well as intensive outpatient services and medication-assisted treatment with peer recovery support.

Embedded within a major medical and behavioral health system it connects clients to a wide range of coordinated services.

What kinds of addiction treatment are offered?

The Evergreen program provides inpatient withdrawal management and short-term residential treatment, general and intensive outpatient programming, medication-assisted treatment, and peer recovery support.

Care combines counseling and psychoeducation, family participation, and a 12-Step framework with ASAM criteria guiding placement. Medication options include buprenorphine products, naltrexone/Vivitrol, acamprosate, and disulfiram.

Who can get help here?

The program serves both adults and adolescents with Teen T.H.R.I.V.E. offering specialized care for youth ages 13 to 17 including Spanish-language outpatient treatment.

Co-occurring substance use and mental health treatment is a core service and CCAT connects clients to primary care, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis screening, and LGBTQ+ health services.

Do they take insurance or self-pay?

The facility accepts New Jersey Medicaid, Medicare Parts A and B, and nearly all commercial insurance. For those without coverage intake staff can check eligibility for charity care funding.