by Ethan Webb | Feb 23, 2026 | M&A
UNIFI Autism Care, the Medicaid-focused ABA provider that launched in mid-2023 with an ambitious model of integrated autism care, is winding down operations, co-founder Steven Merahn, MD, announced in a LinkedIn post this week. “Sadly, after three years, the situation...
by Ethan Webb | Feb 18, 2026 | Technology
Ralston has spent 25 years in ABA, from the days of VHS tapes and Scantron exams to the private equity consolidation wave. Now she’s CEO of a PE-backed provider, and she has opinions about what the industry is getting wrong. Amanda “Mandy” Ralston...
by Ethan Webb | Feb 13, 2026 | Technology
Catalight, the Walnut Creek-based nonprofit that operates one of the largest behavioral health networks in the country, announced a partnership today with Frontera Health, a Denver-based startup using artificial intelligence to streamline autism care. The deal...
by Ethan Webb | Feb 12, 2026 | M&A
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. As autism diagnoses continue to rise, applied behavior analysis (ABA) providers have...
by Ethan Webb | Feb 11, 2026 | M&A
Private equity firms acquired 574 autism service delivery sites across 42 states between 2015 and 2024, according to new research published in JAMA Pediatrics. The study offers the first systematic look at PE’s expansion into applied behavior analysis...
