Ideal Option

Ideal Option is one of the nation’s largest outpatient providers of evidence-based medication-assisted treatment for addiction to opioids, alcohol, methamphetamine, and other substances. Founded in 2012 by two emergency medicine physicians, today Ideal Option operates more than 80 outpatient clinics in 9 states. Ideal Option’s mission is to provide underserved populations with low-barrier access to evidence-based addiction treatment – saving lives, healing families, and helping communities. We currently have clinics in Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington. More than individuals suffering from substance use disorder – a chronic, relapsing medical condition – have been treated by Ideal Option. Over the past 10 years, opioid misuse has become a public health epidemic, killing around 140 Americans every day. Medication-assisted treatment is widely regarded by the scientific community as the most effective approach for opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder. Ideal Option’s providers work collaboratively with every patient to develop a treatment plan that is based on published research, best practices, and the unique needs of each patient.