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 […]
The financial market thrives on stability. However, the Trump administration’s hazy approach to Medicaid and tariffs could deny that predictability and potentially stall behavioral health dealmaking. In 2024, the behavioral health deals outperformed the number of overall health care deals, according to Steve Garbon, managing director at Braff Group. Analysts have predicted that conditions are […]
Denver-based addiction treatment providers AspenRidge Recovery and Colorado Medication-Assisted Recovery have merged. It’s not yet clear which organization is the acquirer. It’s also unclear which investment firms, if any, are involved. A request for comment has not been returned. Cortland Mathers-Suter founded each, and he will take on the CEO role of the combined company. […]
Earlier in March, rumors swirled that applied behavior analysis (ABA) software company CentralReach was on the market and seeking a $1 billion valuation. Those rumors have quickly turned into reality. Roper Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ROP) announced Monday that it has reached a definitive agreement to buy CentralReach from Insight Partners for a net purchase price […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Private investment in behavioral health has spawned enough scandals and failures to spark widespread skepticism. This growing distrust now significantly influences behavioral health transactions, making strategies to counteract investor bias essential during the sale process. “I think anti-private equity bias definitely exists,” Tommy Spiegel, vice president at investment bank […]
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