Middle-market private equity firm MBF Healthcare Partners has launched a new youth-focused mental health treatment organization in Jacksonville, Florida. The provider, dubbed HavenRise Academy of Jacksonville, offers outpatient therapy, intensive outpatient programs (IOPs), partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and family support services. The services are targeted at teens in grades 6 through 12. It will also […]
It can be a perilous balancing act for behavioral health providers looking to disrupt the status quo through innovation. On one hand, novel concepts have the potential to genuinely move things forward for the organization or for its patients. But on the other hand, providers have to work within the confines imposed by the payer […]
Independence, Ohio-based Arc Health Partners has acquired outpatient mental health provider Clarity Counseling Center. The addition of Wilmington, North Carolina-based Clarity Counseling Center adds another brand to its once-swiftly growing fleet of clinician-led mental health providers in ARC Health Partners’ portfolio. Earlier this month, ARC Health Partners announced that it had secured a new $181.5 […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Ellie Mental Health, a company that once pioneered the mental health franchise model, is now facing a wave of backlash from its franchisees, who claim the company misrepresented the requirements and support they would receive. This has left some franchise owners on the edge of financial ruin. Franchisees claim […]
Outpatient mental health platform ARC Health has refinanced its debt with a $181.5 million credit facility from an unnamed lender. Details of the development are sparse. Houlihan Lokey, the firm that handled the placement, declined to offer additional details. ARC Health has not yet responded to a request for comment. This story may be updated. […]
LifeStance Health Group (Nasdaq: LFST) reported its second profitable quarter as a public company in the third quarter of 2025. Executives for the hybrid in-person and telehealth outpatient mental health company said the profitable turn was driven by the realization of clinician productivity improvements, tamping down general and administrative expenses and top-flight net growth in […]
The behavioral health arm of Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) is seeing growth in its outpatient services following a management reorganization that assigns leaders dedicated to the development of care outside of the legacy inpatient business. The King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based health care facility operator reported a roughly 6% increase in behavioral health outpatient revenue […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story A small but lively movement in state legislatures may add a new player to the mental health prescriber team. Several states have recently considered giving specialized psychologists the authority to prescribe and manage patients treated with mental health-related medications. Last year, Utah became the seventh state to create such […]
Foresight Mental Health — a Berkeley, California-based outpatient mental health provider — is under new CEO leadership after a span of years defined by transformation and turnaround. Greg Serrao announced last week that he had stepped out of the CEO role and into the role of executive board chairman back in April. Chuck Kruger, who […]
Nonprofit behavioral health provider Legacy Treatment Services and its subsidiary, Community Treatment Solutions, are under investigation for a data breach involving nearly 42,000 patient records. The Hainesport, New Jersey-based provider has nine locations throughout the state. A spokesperson from the New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell confirmed to Behavioral Health Business that it has […]
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