Coachella Valley Behavioral Health Opens 80-Bed Inpatient Facility

Coachella Valley Behavioral Health in Indio, California, opened the region’s only freestanding inpatient mental health facility. The 80-bed hospital provides inpatient treatment for adolescents (ages 13 to 17) and adults. Before the hospital opened, consumers needing inpatient care traveled up to 75 miles to the nearest inpatient psychiatric facility.

Initially, about 10 to 12 people can be admitted at a time. According to Byron Bonsall, director of business development, after the hospital reaches 30 discharges, Joint Commission will come for an inspection, and if the facility passes, it will be able to increase the number of admissions at . . .