CHI St. Francis Health is an organization that provides a full continuum of health care services. We promote health, healing and community through works of care and compassion. Serving Breckenridge MN, Wahpeton ND and surrounding communities.
Services Offered
Hope Unit Services - The Hope Unit offers Behavioral Health Services that provides excellent quality out-patient services for chemical dependency, substance abuse, mental health including psychological and psychiatric assessment and treatment, and community support services for individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. The program includes consults for in-patients as requested by your primary physician.
Each program has been designed to offer a safe, structured and nurturing treatment environment. Some of the psychiatric programs we offer are: * Group, 1:1 and Family Therapy * Recreational Therapy
We help with problems such as: * Anxiety * Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder * Child Behavior Problems * Chronic Pain * Depression * Family Conflict/Domestic Violence/Perpetrator Group * High Stress * Marital Conflict * Parenting Classes * Serious and Persistent Mental Illness * Sexual Dysfunction * Testing: Personality-Intelligence
Fees and Payment
Insurance is accepted. As a courtesy service, we will file your insurance claim, but you are ultimately responsible for paying for the services provided. It is our policy at St. Francis to collect co-payments on the date of service.
If you feel your financial situation is such that it will be difficult or impossible to pay for your health care services, there are programs, which address such situations including the CHI St. Francis Health Uncompensated Care Program.
A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.
