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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Pediatric Therapy M&A Activity Holds Steady Through April 2026: PE-Backed Platforms Drive Consolidation. Multi-Disciplinary Models Dominate Buyer Demand.

M&A · May 12, 2026

Pediatric Therapy M&A Activity Holds Steady Through April 2026: PE-Backed Platforms Drive Consolidation. Multi-Disciplinary Models Dominate Buyer Demand.

Despite margin compression and high interest rates, pediatric therapy M&A remains resilient, stabilizing at roughly 10 transactions per quarter. PE-backed…

LEARN Behavioral to Acquire Little Leaves From FullBloom in Latest ABA Platform Tuck-In

M&A · May 11, 2026

LEARN Behavioral to Acquire Little Leaves From FullBloom in Latest ABA Platform Tuck-In

Gryphon-backed LEARN Behavioral has acquired Little Leaves Behavioral Services from FullBloom, adding 18 early-intervention ABA centers across Maryland, Virginia, and…

Thoughtful AI Wind-Down Triggers a Scramble for Replacements: Operators on a 90-Day Clock Are Rethinking Vendor Diligence.

Technology · May 11, 2026

Thoughtful AI Wind-Down Triggers a Scramble for Replacements: Operators on a 90-Day Clock Are Rethinking Vendor Diligence.

When Thoughtful AI announced its 90-day wind-down, it transformed automation from a "nice-to-have" into an incident response crisis. For ABA…

Maryland Medicaid ABA: Carelon’s 2025 carve-in, the H2012 sunset, and where Maryland rates land regionally

Regulation · May 11, 2026

Maryland Medicaid ABA: Carelon’s 2025 carve-in, the H2012 sunset, and where Maryland rates land regionally

Maryland’s Medicaid ABA program is undergoing a structural overhaul in 2026. From the full transition to Carelon as the sole…

Behavioral Health Technology Investment: Why Dirty Data and Undefined Problems Make Most Analytics Tools Underperform

Technology · May 9, 2026

Behavioral Health Technology Investment: Why Dirty Data and Undefined Problems Make Most Analytics Tools Underperform

Behavioral health operators are buying AI and analytics tools at record speed, but many are feeding them "instruction manuals from…