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

Merakey and Boundless Affiliate to Form a $1 Billion Nonprofit in Human Services. Their Parent-Affiliate Model Aims to Scale Without Erasing Boundless’s Local Identity.

M&A · Jun 26, 2026

Merakey and Boundless Affiliate to Form a $1 Billion Nonprofit in Human Services. Their Parent-Affiliate Model Aims to Scale Without Erasing Boundless’s Local Identity.

Moving decisively ahead of macro financial headwinds, human services titans Merakey USA and Boundless have finalized a strategic affiliation creating…

Behavioral Health Isn’t All ABA: Inside the Medicaid Audit Wave

Regulation · Jun 26, 2026

Behavioral Health Isn’t All ABA: Inside the Medicaid Audit Wave

A relentless wave of federal Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits has placed Medicaid-funded autism therapy under a harsh compliance…

Caregiver AI Tools Are Filling the ABA Access Gap as Families Wait for Services. One Behavior Analyst’s Narrow-AI Bet Tests Whether Funding and Regulation Can Catch Up.

Technology · Jun 25, 2026

Caregiver AI Tools Are Filling the ABA Access Gap as Families Wait for Services. One Behavior Analyst’s Narrow-AI Bet Tests Whether Funding and Regulation Can Catch Up.

The domestic Applied Behavior Analysis marketplace is facing an operational crisis as severe workforce shortages leave more than half of…

Value-Based Care in Medicaid Is Quietly Working Where Investors Wrote It Off: Behavioral Health Is the Proof

Technology · Jun 25, 2026

Value-Based Care in Medicaid Is Quietly Working Where Investors Wrote It Off: Behavioral Health Is the Proof

While the public markets penalized primary-care-risk companies in Medicare Advantage, value-based care quietly found its most lucrative, defensible home in…

Top 9 Healthcare Product Leaders to Watch in 2026

Technology · Jun 24, 2026

Top 9 Healthcare Product Leaders to Watch in 2026

The domestic Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) marketplace is undergoing an aggressive digital transformation, tracking a projected 11% compound annual growth…