Behavioral health has had a series of small but laudable wins in the last few weeks. The Biden administration finalized new parity rules. Drug overdose deaths are on the decline. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates. And Fed observers are predicting additional rate cuts, too. Be still my nerdy behavioral health industry-observer heart: That’s quite […]
Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve recently announced a long-hoped-for rate cut, potentially enabling easier behavioral health dealmaking. Dealmaking in behavioral health has diminished in recent years after cresting in 2021. The same year, the inflation rate took off. The following year, the Federal Reserve, the American central bank, raised interest rates at the fastest clip in recent […]