Outpatient mental health provider Nystrom & Associates Ltd. is working through a deal to acquire Ellie Mental Health’s Minnesota clinics. While still pending regulatory review, the deal would move the 25 locations of Ellie Mental Health—Minnesota to Nystrom & Associates. This would deepen Nystrom’s footprint in Minnesota: 42 of its 59 locations listed on its […]
For five quarters in a row, Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) has seen a decline in specialty revenue, contributing to a broader deceleration trend for the company. This has been largely driven by facility closures, including the shuttering of its Timberline Knolls facility back in January following abuse allegations. At the same time, there has been […]
Talkspace (Nasdaq: TALK) is reaping the benefits of going in-network with payers. The digital provider increased its payer business by 33% in the first quarter of 2025. Talkspace is now boasting its fifth profitable quarter in a row, with revenue up by 15% to $52.2 million. Payer sessions were up 23% in the first quarter […]
Mental health vet Beacon Behavioral Partners is looking to expand through a strategic partnerships model with high-performing independent providers. The diversified operator believes that bringing private practice providers into the fold can help unify different expertise and standardize care. As a growing company, Beacon offers clinician groups equity and clinical autonomy. “It’s about enabling and […]
Lower-middle-market private equity firm NexPhase Capital has acquired the autism therapy provider Behavior Frontiers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lorient Capital, a health care-focused private equity firm, previously backed Behavior Frontiers, helping it expand its footprint to include 26 centers and home-based care branches across 12 states. It’s not clear if Lorient […]
Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) has acquired the digital mental health company UpLift in a deal worth $45 million. The company announced Wednesday that the acquisition of UpLift, a virtual therapy and psychiatry provider, deepens its footprint in virtual mental health services and further enables it to provide those services on an in-network basis. UpLift’s payer […]
Autism services-related deals surged 100% from the end of 2024 to the first quarter of 2025, reaching their highest volume since Q4 2020. Overall, behavioral health deal volume picked up in Q1 of 2025 after a two-year lull, according to new data from M&A advisory firm The Braff Group. The first quarter of the year […]
Many behavioral health M&A experts predicted a dealmaking rebound in 2025. So far, the year appears to be trending toward those expectations. One of the most recent transactions, in fact, came on Tuesday, when Valor Healthcare Inc. announced the acquisition of Mission Critical Psychological Services (MCPS). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dallas-based […]
Autism therapy organizations often evolve from discrete passion projects into business enterprises almost by accident, driven by motivated founders seeking to fulfill some personal mission. Without adequate succession planning, the handoff could be chaotic when the founder is ready to end that chapter of their life. Clear-eyed and specific planning in the early stages of […]
Behavioral health executives are thinking big about artificial intelligence in 2025. Leaders in the industry are also bullish on service line expansion, particularly in and around mental health care over other sub-sectors. Those are some major takeaways from Behavioral Health Business’ recently released 2025 Industry Outlook survey. BHB covered additional insights from the survey earlier […]
