Optum-Refresh Blockbuster Blazes a Consolidation Trail for the Next Mental Health Platform

Historic levels of investment in the behavioral health space in the previous two years suggest that the outpatient mental health segment could continue to see swiftly growing companies at the center of big-time exits. Optum’s high-profile acquisition of Refresh Mental Health, in particular, demonstrates the massive interest in the mental health space, especially in scaled […]

How Mindpath is Scaling to a National Behavioral Health Brand

Since the beginning of 2021, Sacramento, California-based Mindpath Health has been making a play towards becoming a behavioral health provider with a national reach. After a year of building its profile through de novos and facility purchases, the company has more expansion plans on the horizon for 2022. This May, the company established a foothold […]

MindPath Health Makes Another Acquisition, Expands Into Arizona

On the heels of a company rebrand, MindPath Health is closing out 2021 with more expansion, as it has purchased Chandler, Arizona-based Metropolitan Neuro Behavioral Institute (NBI). The acquisition marks MindPath Health’s entry into Arizona, where it will add nine behavioral health clinics operated by Metropolitan NBI. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We […]

Pipeline: Oceans Enters JV to Build Behavioral Hospital; New SUD Treatment Center Openings

Oceans Healthcare enters JV to build new behavioral hospital Oceans Healthcare has entered into a joint venture (JV) partnership to build a behavioral health hospital in south central Oklahoma. Oceans is teaming up with Norman Regional Health System for the project. Together, the pair will construct Behavioral Health Porter Village, a 48-bed hospital expected to […]

Community Psychiatry Doubles Facility Count, Becomes Bi-Coastal With Latest Acquisition

Community Psychiatry, which provides outpatient behavioral health services at over 40 locations throughout its home state of California, has started to realize its nationwide expansion ambitions with the purchase of Durham, North Carolina-based MindPath Care Centers. The acquisition more than doubles Community Psychiatry’s facility count and establishes its presence in the Southeastern U.S. Terms of […]

Pipeline: PE-Backed Community Medical Services Adds Several Locations; MindPath Expands

Community Medical Services opens locations in Arizona, Wisconsin Scottsdale, Arizona-based Community Medical Services, which operates medication-assisted treatment (MAT) clinics in several states, has opened two new opioid treatment programs (OTPs), one in Phoenix, Arizona, and one in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The South Milwaukee location opened in October, and the Phoenix facility opened earlier this month. […]

MindPath Care Centers Adds New Board Member

MindPath Care Centers — North Carolina’s largest outpatient behavioral health provider — has appointed a new member to its board of directors.  Dave Nelson, chief development officer at the Advanced Urology Institute of Georgia, was appointed to the board earlier this month. MindPath Care Centers provides various types of therapy, counseling and addiction recovery services […]