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The recap of Behavioral Health M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q3 2026!

A buyer evaluating your behavioral health business will want to know how much of the operation depends on you. Kevin Taggart explains what buyers look for in a leadership team: who makes decisions, who is accountable for finance and compliance, and whether key people intend to stay. He also covers how to match leadership investment to your size and care model, and why your own post-sale role needs to be settled before you select an offer.

When a buyer makes an offer, a quality of earnings review is how the number behind it gets tested. Kevin Taggart explains what QoE reviewers examine in a behavioral health business and how owners can prepare. He covers consistent reporting across periods, documented EBITDA add-backs, support for payer and grant revenue, and keeping the earnings current through the sale process.

Opening another location can grow a mental health practice, but buyers will want to know whether that growth holds up. Kevin Taggart explains how buyers evaluate scalability: demonstrated revenue and EBITDA growth, team and back-office capacity, leadership beyond the founder, and payer economics. He also covers what owners can do now to make their next expansion and their eventual sale more credible.

The recap of Behavioral Health M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q2 2026!

Ten practical lessons from a behavioral health owner who sold their practice: choosing an advisor, confidentiality, preparation, and the process.

What healthcare owners should understand before signing a letter of intent: exclusivity, deal structure, re-trade risk, and certainty to close.

How behavioral health business owners can compare offers from buyers, looking beyond the multiple to the cash, structure, and certainty behind each one.

A practical guide for behavioral health business owners on valuation drivers, buyer expectations, and M&A trends shaping deals in 2026 and beyond.

The recap of Behavioral Health M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q4 2025!

The recap of Behavioral Health M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q3 2025!

The recap of Behavioral Health M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q2 2025!

The recap of Behavioral Health M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q1 2025!

The recap of Behavioral Health M&A activity is now available in our M&A Report! Read all about the transactions that marked Q4 2024!

Deal volume across the behavioral healthcare sector continued to drop in the third quarter of 2024 to levels not seen since the onset of...

Despite rising interest rates, bank failures, and a slowdown in M&A activity, valuations for healthcare services companies with adjusted...

Mergers and acquisitions within the behavioral healthcare sector plummeted in the first quarter of 2023, with a confluence of factors...

The departure of 2022 marked the arrival of a new trend in behavioral healthcare merger and acquisition activity: Venture capital firms...

Despite economic headwinds overall transaction volume in the behavioral healthcare sector remained strong in the third quarter of 2022.

Q1 2022 Behavioral Health M&A Report