The intellectual and developmental disability software giant CentralReach has acquired the company SILAS. The deal, announced on Feb. 8, beefed up Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based CentralReach’s offering for educational settings. The SILAS platform included products related to screening, tracking and curricula related to social-emotional learning (SEL), applied behavior analysis (ABA), executive functioning and transitional-vocational efforts. The […]
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The demand for autism services continues to soar as rates of the condition rise. Yet in 2022, the burgeoning industry has faced a number of growing pains centered around staffing. In 2022, roughly 1 in 44 children were identified with autism spectrum disorder, according to the CDC. That’s up from 1 in 69 children in […]
Monte Nido purchases treatment provider Eating disorder treatment provider Monte Nido & Affiliates has announced that it has purchased Waltham, Massachusetts-based Walden Behavioral Care. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, Walden provides eating disorder treatment and psychiatric care for children, teens and adults at facilities in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Georgia. […]
NHI’s $62.3M behavioral health investment National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI), a health care real estate investment trust (REIT), has added a $62.3 million specialty behavioral health investment to its portfolio. That includes a $40.3 investment for the purchase of Brookhaven Hospital, a 64-bed s behavioral hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The hospital will be leased […]
Amid the coronavirus, behavioral health providers are making better use of technology to dispense services than ever before, and autism treatment providers are no exception. Not only is doing so integral for improved service delivery, but it can come in handy as providers continue to expand their operations in a growing market estimated to be […]
The Emily Program, Veritas Collaborative join forces Two eating disorder treatment providers are merging. St. Paul, Minnesota-based The Emily Program and Durham, North Carolina-based Veritas Collaborative have announced their intentions to merge operations, with the deal expected to close around the end of March. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The two companies have […]
New data from the electronic health record (EHR) provider CentralReach is painting a picture of how autism treatment providers have held up amid the pandemic — and, more importantly, how the coronavirus will shape their business models into the future. First and foremost, remote care will continue to play a role in providers’ delivery of […]
Ginger acquires technology assets of LiveBetter San Francisco-based health and wellness startup Ginger has acquired the technology assets of LiveBetter, a free app that helps users address select mental health challenges. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. San Francisco-based Ginger is a virtual behavioral health care system that delivers coaching, therapy and psychiatry […]