Behavioral Health Business November 18, 2021
When the book is written on behavioral health mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2021, the story will show that dealmaking continued to generate big business.
Various estimates have the behavioral health sector on track for another record breaking year, with subsectors like mental health, substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and autism care poised to reach M&A highs. One firm keeping tabs on the activity is The Braff Group, which previously estimated that dealmaking within the sector will have jumped 33% by the time the cork is popped on the champagne to close out 2021.
“The environment in M&A right now is just extraordinary,” Dexter Braff, CEO of The Braff Group, said during a recent webinar about behavioral health dealmaking...