Ethan Webb

Ethan Webb

Staff Writer, Acuity Media Network

Ethan Webb is a staff writer at Acuity Media Network, where he covers the business of autism and behavioral health care. His reporting examines how financial pressures, policy changes, and market consolidation shape the ABA industry — and what that means for providers and families. Ethan holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and brings more than seven years of professional writing and editing experience spanning healthcare, finance, and business journalism. He has served as Managing Editor of Dental Lifestyles Magazine and has ghostwritten multiple titles that reached the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists.

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Articles by Ethan Webb

The Operator Arrives: RethinkFirst Names a New CEO to Navigate Behavioral Health’s Next Chapter

Technology · Mar 13, 2026

The Operator Arrives: RethinkFirst Names a New CEO to Navigate Behavioral Health’s Next Chapter

On March 12, 2026, RethinkFirst named Dinesh Senanayake as its new CEO, marking the second time in 14 months the…

128 Group Homes and a Ten-Year Leash: Inside the FTC’s Conditions on Sevita’s $835 Million BrightSpring Deal

Regulation · Mar 13, 2026

128 Group Homes and a Ten-Year Leash: Inside the FTC’s Conditions on Sevita’s $835 Million BrightSpring Deal

The Federal Trade Commission just signaled a new era of aggressive oversight for behavioral health. In approving Sevita’s $835 million…

EarliPoint Health Receives FDA Clearance to Expand Autism Assessment Up to Age Eight

Technology · Mar 12, 2026

EarliPoint Health Receives FDA Clearance to Expand Autism Assessment Up to Age Eight

The "diagnostic waitlist" is one of the biggest hurdles in autism care, but EarliPoint Health is using eye-tracking technology to…

What the Numbers Know (And Why So Many ABA and SUD Operators Struggle to Track Them)

Technology · Mar 11, 2026

What the Numbers Know (And Why So Many ABA and SUD Operators Struggle to Track Them)

Most behavioral health operators aren't lacking data—they're lacking a way to see it. Megadata Health Systems is moving into the…

As RFK Jr. Reshapes the Federal Autism Advisory Board, Scientists Launch Their Own

Regulation · Mar 10, 2026

As RFK Jr. Reshapes the Federal Autism Advisory Board, Scientists Launch Their Own

On March 19, 2026, two committees were supposed to meet in Washington to set the nation's autism agenda. Now, only…

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