Behavioral Health Business June 4, 2024
Amid a slew of closures and layoffs in the eating disorder market, behavioral health provider Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) is expanding its eating disorder programming.
Acadia is furthering its reach into trauma-focused treatment and wrap-around care, leadership told Behavioral Health Business. The provider also recently launched an eating disorder awareness campaign and plans to add more eating disorder capacity.
Dr. Nasser Khan, newly appointed chief operating officer, acknowledged the recent challenges in the eating disorder industry and said that the expansion is “first and foremost” driven by clinical need.
“Our clinical strategy and our business strategy are very intermeshed and in some ways are one and the same,” Khan said. “This is a large and growing problem … this is...