Behavioral health care belongs in the same conversation as roads, schools and utilities. In a new op-ed for the Tri-City Herald, Comprehensive Healthcare CEO Jodi Daly argues that the recent opening of the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery (CVCR) does more than close a longstanding gap in local treatment options. It strengthens the economic foundation […]
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How Data, Partnership, and Persistence are Changing Crisis Care in Walla Walla On any given day in Walla Walla, the emergency department at Providence sees patients at the most vulnerable moments of their lives. Some arrive in a medical crisis. Others arrive in emotional or psychological distress, overwhelmed and destabilized, searching for help. But an […]
How Comprehensive Healthcare Meets People Where They Are Not everyone who needs help knows how to ask for it. And not everyone in crisis finds their way to a clinic, a waiting room, or a front desk. Sometimes, help has to come to them. That belief shapes some of the most vital work Comprehensive Healthcare […]
Comprehensive Healthcare’s Newest Team Member at the Opioid Treatment Program in Yakima Comprehensive Healthcare has a new team member, a ZING® robot named R2 Dose-2. Our nurses named him, and they will oversee his automated medication dosing, which allows the center to pour and label methadone doses nearly five times faster than is possible by […]
This model reflects a fundamental shift in how care is delivered: prioritizing immediacy, engagement, and continuity from the very first interaction. When someone reaches out for behavioral health support, it is often at a critical moment, when they are finally ready for change. Traditional systems, with delays between initial contact and the first appointment, have […]
Years of community advocacy take shape in the Tri-Cities as the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery welcomes its first clients The Columbia Valley Center for Recovery (CVCR) has opened it’s doors – a landmark moment for the Tri-Cities region and a testament to what communities can accomplish when they come together around a shared cause. […]
YAKIMA, Wash., June 19, 2026 – Comprehensive Healthcare today announced that the Columbia Valley Center for Recovery (CVCR) in Kennewick will open on Saturday, June 20, marking an important expansion of behavioral health and substance use treatment in the Tri-Cities region. As the area’s first inpatient treatment and recovery facility, CVCR strengthens Comprehensive Healthcare’s continuum […]
Robotic methadone dosing assembly system allows for faster client service YAKIMA, Wash., June 16, 2026 – Comprehensive Healthcare has successfully implemented ZING®, a robotic methadone dosing assembly system, at its Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) in Yakima, making it the first clinic east of the Cascades to adopt the technology and among the first in Washington […]
New model helps clients schedule prescriber appointments within days YAKIMA, Wash., April 14, 2026 – Comprehensive Healthcare today announced the organization-wide launch of “Just In Time” prescriber scheduling, a new model that allows clients to schedule medication appointments within three to five days. The service is now available at each of Comprehensive Healthcare’s seven behavioral […]
April is Alcohol Awareness Month – a time to acknowledge the real challenges individuals and families dealing with alcohol use disorder and addiction face. This month is a good reminder that help is available, stigma-free, and closer than many people think. Same-day access to care In 2025, Comprehensive Healthcare introduced same-day access to substance use […]











