Behavioral healthcare mergers and acquisitions activity climbed in 2025, and transactions in 2026 suggest continuing activity across the sector. Deal volume rose more than 42% in 2025 with 104 publicly announced transactions, compared to 73 in 2024 and 83 in…
Author: Ella Ruder
Baltimore-based Steps Behavioral Health has expanded its in-home applied behavior analysis therapy services in Colorado. The expansion aims to improve access to autism therapy, early intervention programs and behavioral support for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to an…
As the push to integrate behavioral health into primary and specialty care gains momentum, a number of health systems are appointing new leaders to oversee this transformation. These executives are tasked with aligning behavioral health strategies across clinical settings, building…
San Antonio-based Laurel Ridge Treatment Center, a 330-bed behavioral health facility owned by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, will lay off approximately 648 employees weeks after CMS terminated its Medicare provider agreement. CMS said it will terminate the…
The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee outlined a set of federal policy and care recommendations in an April 28 letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In January, HHS appointed 21 new members to the committee, bringing expertise in systems…
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Gray, Tenn.-based Frontier Health has expanded its virtual behavioral health urgent care model to serve clients across the broader community. The program launched in January 2024 as a pilot and has grown over the past two years to provide rapid…
The Chicago Department of Public Health is expanding its mental health safety net and launching a street psychiatry pilot program backed by a $16.2 million investment, CBS News reported April 28. The city’s Mental Health Equity Initiative partner network enrolled…
The U.S. suicide rate declined 2% from 2023 to 2024, falling from 14.1 to 13.7 per 100,000. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention analyzed data from the CDC WISQARS national suicide surveillance, according to an April 29 news release from…
A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers in the House introduced the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act to expand behavioral healthcare access. The legislation was introduced by Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, Doris Matsui, D-Calif., Craig Goldman, R-Texas, Angie Craig, D-Minn.,…
The federal push accelerating psychedelic research to treat mental illness is being driven more by advocacy and anecdotal momentum than new scientific breakthroughs, Jerry Rosenbaum, MD, founding director of the Boston-based Mass General Brigham Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics,…