Behavioral Health Business November 1, 2023
The intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) field may be one of the most complex and fragmented segments of the behavioral health industry.
That has not prevented IDD providers, however, from driving an impressive number of deals. That includes both for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
“Having run and operated within all verticals of behavioral health, IDD is the most complex from an investor standpoint, but also in many ways from an operator standpoint,” Stacy DiStefano, CEO of Consulting for Human Services, told Behavioral Health Business during a panel talk at INVEST 2023. “It’s the most fragmented of all the providers.”
Even determining the number of IDD providers in the country is a challenge. DiStefano estimates that there are tens of thousands of...