by Ethan Webb | Mar 10, 2026 | M&A
KEY TAKEAWAYS Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS), the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based hospital and behavioral health operator, announced on March 9, 2026 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Talkspace (Nasdaq: TALK) for $5.25 per share,...
by Ethan Webb | Mar 9, 2026 | Regulation
Walk into any behavioral health facility in America and you will encounter a peculiar arithmetic. More than three-quarters of the patients who arrive seeking help carry not one diagnosis but two: a mental health condition tangled with a substance use disorder. The...
by Ethan Webb | Mar 6, 2026 | Regulation
Key Takeaways The FY2026 enacted budget already authorized two Medicaid rate reductions for CPT code 97153, the primary billing code for one-to-one ABA therapy: the first brought the rate to $16.85 per 15-minute unit on October 1, 2025; the second will reduce it to...
by Ethan Webb | Mar 5, 2026 | M&A
Year over year, deal activity in the ABA sector has been climbing. M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart reported that first-quarter 2025 transaction volume in the autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities space hit its highest mark since 2021, with 12 deals...
by Ethan Webb | Mar 5, 2026 | M&A, Regulation, Technology
The CDC has reported that around one in 31 U.S. children aged eight has been identified with autism spectrum disorder, an increase from the previously reported rate of one in 36. Autism cases continue to rise, as does the advancement in technology and medicine. This...
