Investment & Transactions

 The first behavioral health teaching hospital in Florida will open in March. 

After shifting its strategy from a direct-to-consumer platform to contracting with health plans, Talkspace has its eye on acquisitions. 

Villanova, Pa.-based Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health has acquired Strawberry Fields. 

Two southern California-based autism treatment providers will combine under the name Alongside. 

Two Topeka, Kan.-based behavioral health organizations plan to combine. 

Ochsner Lafayette General and Oceans Healthcare have started construction on a joint venture behavioral hospital. 

Birmingham, Ala.-based Bradford Health Services has broken ground on a 100-bed substance use treatment facility in Southhaven, Miss. 

Rockford, Ill.-based Rosecrance Behavioral Health and LaSalle, Ill.-based North Central Behavioral Health Systems have inked an affiliation agreement. 

Nautic Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Proud Moments ABA. 

Construction is expected to begin on a new Behavioral Health Crisis Receiving Center in Cleveland in spring 2025.