JoyBridge Kids has acquired Mooresville, North Carolina-based Pediatric Advanced Therapy. The move expands the reach and impact of JoyBridge Kids, adding assets that bring a holistic, multidisciplinary care approach to the autism therapy market. The terms of the deal were not announced. “[Pediatric Advanced Therapy’s] reputation for clinical excellence and their focus on speech, occupational, […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ article Turnover is a top concern for operators in the autism services industry. While the demand remains high, recruiting and retaining talent is hard–especially when it comes to registered behavioral health technicians (RBTs). The job of an RBT is challenging, and wages are often comparable to those in retail positions. […]
Autism service providers looking to scale walk the tightrope between ensuring speed, clinical excellence and financial stability. Scaling necessitates repeated checks, such as verifying that each step on a ladder is securely fastened. But what that ladder really needs under it to help stabilize movement to new heights is a concrete foundation. “Foundationally, the first […]
JoyBridge Kids has its eyes on the autism industry’s Holy Grail: a harmonious marriage of clinical services and operations. Mount Juliet, Tennessee-based multidisciplinary autism therapy company’s founders started a company intending to “offer the highest quality care, first and foremost,” JoyBridge Kids CEO and President Mike Cairnes told Behavioral Health Business. The company was founded […]
Autism therapy providers are under pressure to demonstrate outcomes. Payers, whether commercial insurers or Medicaid, demand data-driven results. And the parents or caregivers of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) also want information on how their child is progressing, and what services are provided, in addition to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), might be needed. […]
The autism therapy industry is dominated by applied behavior analysis (ABA), so much so that it is largely the first and only option of insurance-covered services geared toward the condition. In no small part, ABA’s centrality and dominance have been enabled by private equity’s interest in the industry and the relatively new 50-for-50 state autism […]
Better awareness and detection of autism has tripled diagnosis rates over the last 15 years, causing private equity investors to take note. Of late, the market has seen a recent spate of private equity deals in the autism and Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy space. That follows a stalling out of investment in the autism […]
Frontline Healthcare Partners and Rogers Clayton partnered to recapitalize and pump growth capital into JoyBridge Kids. JoyBridge Kids, a Mount Juliet, Tennessee-based youth applied behavioral analysis practice, now plans to expand into other states. It plans to open new offices in Bentwood, Hendersonville and Murfreesboro, Tennessee in 2022. Chryssy Moor, founder of Florida Autism Center, […]
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