16486 Hwy 55, Sterrett, AL 35147 (opens Google Maps) Shelby County, about 40 minutes from Birmingham
Longleaf Lodge
Longleaf Lodge Admissions and Insurance
Admission to Longleaf Lodge starts with one confidential phone call. You can call for yourself or for someone you love, and the admissions team takes it from there.
Admissions
Starting residential treatment at Longleaf Lodge
Picking up the phone is often the hardest part. The admissions team asks the questions and tells you plainly whether the Lodge is the right place to start.
Longleaf Lodge provides medical detox and residential treatment for adults with a substance use disorder, including people who also live with a mental health condition. It sits on 150 acres in Sterrett, in Shelby County, .
A stay at the Lodge is one part of a longer plan. When it ends, care continues in partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient programs at Longleaf's Birmingham, Huntsville and Baldwin County locations, or in virtual IOP anywhere in Alabama.
At a glance
- Levels of care
- Medical detox and residential treatment
- Who we serve
- Adults with a substance use disorder, with or without a co-occurring mental health condition
- Length of stay
- Insurance
- Commercial insurance, with your benefits checked before you arrive
- Location
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- Admissions
- (844) 810-7340
The admissions process
Longleaf Lodge admissions, step by step
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A first confidential call
Call (844) 810-7340. An admissions coordinator asks what is going on: what is being used and how much, for how long, whether there has been withdrawal, and what has been tried before. If the person you are worried about is not ready to talk yet, admissions can still help you work out a next step.
Who can call: the person seeking help, family or friends, or a professional
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A clinical assessment by phone
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A benefits check
With your permission, admissions contacts your insurance company to confirm coverage for detox and residential treatment, whether prior authorization is needed, and your deductible and copay or coinsurance.
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Choosing an arrival date and planning travel
When the clinical team has approved the stay and any authorization your plan requires is in place, admissions sets an arrival date with you. The Lodge is on Highway 55 in Sterrett, .
Address:
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Arrival day
You arrive at the Welcome House. , and you finish the intake paperwork with the admissions team. Then you settle into the detox building or your cabin, depending on your plan.
Who the Lodge serves
Residential rehab admission in Alabama: finding the right fit
Residential treatment is for people who need more structure and support than outpatient care can give. The clinical assessment decides the level of care, and these lists are a general guide to how that decision usually goes.
The Lodge is built for adults who
- Have a substance use disorder, with or without a co-occurring mental health condition
- Need medical detox before treatment, with 24/7 nursing and physician oversight
- Have already tried outpatient treatment
- Are stepping down from a hospital or crisis stabilization stay
- Need distance from the people, places and routines tied to their substance use
Another level of care may fit better when someone
- Can keep up with work and family and has a stable, sober home, where partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient care may be enough
If the Lodge is not the right fit, admissions helps find care that is. That might be partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient treatment at a Longleaf location, virtual IOP from home, or outpatient mental health care. When a hospital or another provider is the safer place to begin, the team says so and helps you get there.
Insurance and cost
Insurance for residential treatment and medical detox
For your call
Have these nearby when you call admissions
- Your insurance card, front and back
- The policyholder's name and date of birth
- A list of current medications
- Any recent treatment or hospital stays
Calling for someone else
Admissions for families and referring professionals
Rendering For families
A first call often comes from a parent, a spouse or an adult child. Admissions can talk with you before your loved one is ready to call, and the Lodge family program keeps you involved once a stay begins.
Learn more
Rendering For referring professionals
Physicians, therapists, hospitals, employee assistance programs and discharge planners can refer patients directly to Lodge admissions. The referral page explains how referrals work.
Learn moreTalk with admissions
Call Longleaf Lodge admissions
(844) 810-7340Have your insurance card nearby if you can. If you cannot, call anyway.
Interest list
Ask Longleaf Lodge admissions to contact you
Talk with admissions
Questions about the Lodge, or need care today?
Longleaf Lodge is for adults with a substance use disorder, with or without a co-occurring mental health condition.
Our admissions team answers every call. We can tell you more about the Lodge, add you to the interest list for Summer 2027, and help you find care that is open today at one of Longleaf’s Alabama locations.
In an emergency, call 911. For a mental health or substance use crisis, call or text 988.