In affiliation with the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Hospital

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NCIA is also a teaching facility that offers on-site training for Harvard Medical School medical students, Psychiatric Interns and Residents, Internal and Family Medicine Residents, Addiction Psychiatry and Family Medicine Fellows, as well as students from excellent master’s-level social work programs.  These additional doctors and trainees actively participate on NCIA’s multi-disciplinary treatment team and bring their up-to-date knowledge and skills to their work with our clients.  This training component of our program also is one way NCIA has been working to reduce stigma within the healthcare professions for people suffering from addictions to opioids and other substances.   

Licensing and Accreditation:

NCIA is regulated as an OTP by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Substance Addiction Services and by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the federal government (SAMHSA).  We are also accredited by CARF International.  

NCIA was one of the first methadone treatment programs in Massachusetts and remains a local and national leader in methadone treatment.   

Interested in Treatment at NCIA?

If you are interested in becoming a client of NCIA, or wish to refer a friend or family member to NCIA:  please call us at (617) 661-5700 and ask for the Intake Coordinator.

For Provider Referrals:

If you are interested in referring a patient to us, please call us at (617) 661-5700 and ask for the Nurse Manager (for Direct Admissions only) or the Intake Coordinator.