Behavioral Health Business October 18, 2024
Eating disorder treatment providers say they face a slew of challenges, including how to attract patients and best differentiate themselves from their competitors.
At a Behavioral Health Business INVEST panel in Dallas earlier in October, Abhilash Patel, CEO and co-founder of Within Health, and Thomas Britton, CEO of Accanto Health, spoke bluntly about an industry that has experienced turmoil following years of growth. They were joined by Haywood Miller, who advises on mergers and acquisitions as managing director of BRG.
“There will be contractions before there is consolidation and expansion,” said Patel, whose five-year-old company provides telehealth for people with eating disorders.
Like other behavioral health industries, investment and deal-making among eating disorder providers crested in 2021, but it has...