Behavioral Health Business January 2, 2022
Chris Larson

The momentum of the merger and acquisition space in behavioral health will likely spill over into the first half of 2022 as dealmaking in the industry reaches new highs.

However, next year will likely see deal multiples “stabilize a little bit” as private equity continues to look for platform deals that more heavily emphasize clinical outcomes and financial returns, Scott Kremeier, director of the Los Angeles-based investment bank Houlihan Lokey Inc.’s health care group, said in a webinar hosted by Overland Park, Kansas-based health care tech services provider WellSky Corp.

After hitting a slump in July 2020, dealmaking roared back at the end of 2020 and pushed well into 2021, Kremeier said. He presented data from his firm that tracked...

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