Verified Treatment Center
Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks
Ankeny, IA · 50023
Key Takeaways for Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks
- • Outpatient · Dual Dx offered
- • Accepts Medicaid, Medicare, Private insurance, TRICARE/VA
- • SAMHSA-listed facility
- • Direct line available · Helpline free & confidential 24/7
About Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks
Located in Ankeny, IA, Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks operates in IA's broader addiction-treatment market. The facility's programming is outpatient (Outpatient, Dual Dx), not residential. What this page tries to do is frame the specific questions worth asking, which are rarely the ones that get asked first.
Care levels at Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks
Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks is an outpatient-focused program (Outpatient, Dual Dx) — patients live at home or in sober living and attend treatment sessions. This level of care is clinically appropriate for mild-to-moderate substance use disorder, or for patients stepping down from residential. The gap between "this facility offers residential" and "residential is the right level for this patient" is wider than most facility websites suggest. Bridge it with an outside assessment before committing.
Insurance and payment
Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks accepts both Medicaid and commercial insurance, which is the broadest payer profile and typically correlates with programs that operate at scale across the economic spectrum. The facility also accepts TRICARE or military benefits. The uncomfortable truth about insurance at most treatment centers is that admissions staff and the utilization-review team sometimes have different understandings of what was promised. Written VOB forces those understandings into alignment.
Before you call
Questions that matter before admitting to Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks: ASAM level of care (not the facility's category, the clinical level); written VOB; MAT policy. If the clinical situation involves opioid use disorder, confirm explicitly whether Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks offers medication-assisted treatment — buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. Programs that do not are operating outside the current standard of care. The ones who answer those quickly are usually the ones worth considering. The ones who dodge are almost always worth skipping.
Listing sourced from the SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator. Data last synced April 2026. Verify current programs directly with the facility.
Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks at a Glance
Levels of care
Outpatient · Dual Dx
Service settings
Outpatient
Therapy approaches
Cognitive behavioral therapy, Couples/family therapy, Dialectical behavior therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy, Individual psychotherapy, Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Age groups
Children/Adolescents, Young Adults, Adults, Seniors
Insurance & Payment Accepted
Confirm in-network status before admission — verification is free.
Medicaid
Coverage details →Medicare
Coverage details →Private insurance
Coverage details →TRICARE / VA
Coverage details →Contact & Location
Address
1105 North Ankeny Boulevard, Ankeny, IA 50023
Facility direct line
812-799-3930Website
www.stpeterscolumbus.orgQuestions about this facility
Common questions about Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks
Answered from public sources: SAMHSA listings, federal parity regulations, and our own admissions helpline intake notes.
Is Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks listed in the SAMHSA Treatment Services Locator?
What insurance does Saint Peters Lutheran Church Lifeworks accept?
How do I know if this level of care is right for me?
Is calling confidential? Will my employer find out?
What happens if I call the helpline instead of the facility?
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