The number of joint venture partnerships between hospitals and behavioral health care providers will continue to climb, despite the lumbering process of finalizing such a pairing. “I do think there’s been some challenges in the last year or two that have maybe slowed deals down a shade,” William Teague, managing director of VMG Health, said […]
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Traditional nonprofit health systems have seen an enormous uptick in behavioral health patients. In turn, they are struggling to keep up with the demand. At the same time, many behavioral health providers are looking to grow their geographical footprint. As a result, health systems and behavioral health providers are eying more joint venture partnerships than […]
A new report by VMG Health examines the trend for non-profit hospital systems to form joint ventures with for-profit behavioral health providers, stating that the combinations have become more common in recent years due to the surge in demand for behavioral health services, limited bed capacity, and the ability for “both the non-profit and strategic […]