


The clinic, originally run by Central New York Services, got off to a rocky start after opening in April 2018. The Beacon Center offers treatment with methadone in Rome, the only other methadone program in the county. It offers medication-assisted treatment with methadone or Suboxone to patients with opioid use disorder. Helio Health took over the clinic, previously known as the Landmark Opioid Treatment Program, in December 2018. The clinic has already added a third dosing window and two clinician offices to give it room to grow, he said. on the grounds of the McPike Addiction Treatment Center, was serving more than 140 patients as of mid-February, but has room for up to 250 patients and could apply to have a state-set cap lifted so it could serve more, Klemanski said. The Utica Opioid Treatment Program, located at 1213 Court St.

… We have an admissions protocol that’s been developed in the last few months we can get people’s assessments and get them dosing within a few hours.” That’s not always the case at these clinics. “There is absolutely no wait currently at the clinic,” said Jeremy Klemanski, Helio’s president and CEO. Utica, a city that long lacked a methadone clinic to treat people with opioid use disorder, now has an accredited clinic with plenty of space for more patients.
