The Emily Program — Seattle
Partial (PHP), IOP, Outpatient · Adults 18 and up
Washington
Eating disorder treatment in Washington
An estimated 663,345 Washingtonians will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime, and the state has one of the more developed eating disorder treatment systems on the West Coast, centered along the Puget Sound corridor. Care ranges from inpatient medical stabilization through residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient, and virtual programs.(source)
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Medical stabilizationMedical management of malnutrition, refeeding, comorbidities.Inpatient hospitalizationAcute hospital care for medical instability and psychiatric crisis.Residential treatmentLive-in care with 24/7 clinical and nursing support, in a non-hospital setting.Partial hospitalization (PHP)Day treatment, structured clinical hours.Intensive outpatient (IOP)Several days per week, returning to work or family.OutpatientWeekly therapy and medical visits.Virtual / telehealth treatmentRemote care, from outpatient therapy to full virtual IOP and PHP.
All licensed Washington centers
Seattle
The Emily Program — Seattle (Residential)
Inpatient, Residential · Adults 18 and up · All genders
Seattle Children's Hospital Eating Disorders Recovery Program
Inpatient, Partial (PHP), IOP, Outpatient · Children and adolescents (ages 10 to 21) · All genders
Opal: Food + Body Wisdom
Partial (PHP), IOP, Outpatient, Virtual / telehealth · Adolescents and adults (ages 16 and older) · All genders
Bellevue
Eating Recovery Center — Bellevue, WA
Residential, Partial (PHP), IOP, Outpatient · Children, adolescents, and adults
Thira Health
Residential, Partial (PHP), IOP, Virtual / telehealth · Adolescents and adults · Women, teen girls, and gender-nonconforming individuals
Edmonds
Center for Discovery — Edmonds, WA
Residential, Partial (PHP), Virtual / telehealth · Ages 11 to 17 · All genders
The Center · A Place of HOPE
Partial (PHP) · Adults (ages 18 and older) · All genders
Enumclaw
Center for Discovery — Enumclaw, WA
Residential · Adolescents (ages 11 to 17) · All genders
Lacey
The Emily Program — South Sound (Lacey, WA)
Virtual / telehealth · Adolescents and adults · All genders
Richland
Recovery and Wellness Center of Eastern Washington
Partial (PHP), IOP · Adolescents (ages 13 to 18) and adults · All genders
Spokane
The Emily Program — Spokane, WA
Outpatient · Adolescents and adults
Tacoma
Center for Discovery — Tacoma, WA
Partial (PHP), IOP, Virtual / telehealth · Ages 12 and up · All genders
About eating disorder treatment in Washington
Programs concentrate in the Seattle-Bellevue-Edmonds-Tacoma metro along Puget Sound. The Emily Program (Accanto Health) runs Seattle inpatient and adult residential, Westlake day treatment and outpatient, South Sound virtual care in Lacey, and a Spokane outpatient site east of the Cascades. Eating Recovery Center in Bellevue, Center for Discovery in Edmonds, Enumclaw, and Tacoma, and Seattle Children's Hospital (the pediatric academic anchor) provide the higher levels of care. Recovery and Wellness Center of Eastern Washington in Richland serves the Tri-Cities. Vancouver, Bellingham, Yakima, Wenatchee, and the Olympic Peninsula have no in-person specialty program, and residential care sits entirely in the Puget Sound metro.
Paying for treatment in Washington
Most commercial health plans in Washington cover eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, subject to your plan's usual deductible, copays, and prior-authorization requirements for higher levels of care. Whether a given program is in-network depends on your specific plan, which the program checks when you call.(source)
Washington Apple Health covers eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, with prior authorization and medical-necessity review for higher levels of care. Recovery and Wellness Center of Eastern Washington in Richland accepts Apple Health for its eating disorder PHP and IOP. Children may also qualify through Apple Health for Kids, Washington's combined Medicaid and CHIP coverage. Apple Health acceptance varies by site and level of care.(source)
Washington requires individual and group commercial plans to cover mental health services on parity with medical and surgical benefits. State rules explicitly ban blanket exclusions of all services for a single mental health condition, with anorexia among the named examples, going further than many state parity statutes. Self-funded employer plans follow federal law.(source)
To start a benefits verification, call to be connected with a licensed eating disorder program.
See also: our insurance guides, how to verify your benefits, and how virtual eating disorder treatment works.
Common questions about eating disorder treatment in Washington
Where can I get residential or inpatient eating disorder treatment in Washington?
Washington has some of the most extensive in-state residential and inpatient care on the West Coast. Adult inpatient and residential for all genders, including an adult ARFID residential track, is at The Emily Program in Seattle. Eating Recovery Center in Bellevue serves ages 8 and older, and Center for Discovery offers adolescent residential (ages 11 to 17) in Edmonds and Enumclaw. Thira Health in Bellevue has residential for adult women, teen girls, and gender-nonconforming clients. Seattle Children's Hospital provides pediatric inpatient medical stabilization.
Does Washington Apple Health cover eating disorder treatment?
Apple Health is offered through several managed-care plans, and which in-state programs are in-network varies by plan. When you call, the treatment program checks whether it works with your specific Apple Health plan, so you do not have to sort that out on your own.
What about eating disorder treatment in Eastern Washington, the Olympic Peninsula, or Southwest Washington?
In-person specialty care is mostly located in the Puget Sound area (Seattle, Bellevue, Edmonds, Lacey, Tacoma, Enumclaw) and Spokane. East of the Cascades, the Tri-Cities are served by Recovery and Wellness Center of Eastern Washington in Richland, alongside The Emily Program's Spokane outpatient site. Vancouver, Bellingham, Yakima, Walla Walla, Pullman, and the Olympic Peninsula have no in-person specialty program. Residents there can use virtual outpatient and IOP licensed for Washington, or travel to the larger metros for higher levels of care.
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