Behavioral Health Business August 22, 2024
Dealmaking in the behavioral health space is slow these days — there’s no arguing that. But there are still plenty of lessons to be learned from the deals that have been completed thus far in 2024.
With less to look at, there’s more to see. With fewer deals, we can spend more time taking in what’s going on and learn from what the market is telling us.
The latest data shows that dealmaking is down to early pandemic levels in the second quarter. The industry generated 30 deals in the quarter, according to data from the M&A firm Mertz Taggart.
Specific slices of behavioral health dealmaking are more vibrant than others. If annualized, dealmaking totals in autism therapy and mental...