Significant tailwinds across the behavioral health sector propelled an active first quarter of 2021 with regards to merger and acquisition activity, keeping up momentum observed in the latter stages of 2020. A total of 29 behavioral health industry transactions were announced in Q1. Outside of a dip in the second quarter of 2020 during which only 19 transactions were announced—a slowdown fueled by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic—the sector has settled into a pattern of rou

A steady second half of 2020 bodes well for 2021. Behavioral health M&A remained steadily active in the fourth quarter of 2020, with a total of 27 transactions, according to the latest data from M&A advisory firm Mertz Taggart. Announcements in addiction treatment led the segment in Q4 with some large groups moving forward on multiple acquisition deals. The year finished with 97 transactions overall. 2020’s total number of deals were comparable to those in the previous two ye

Transactions Rebound as Providers Find ‘New Normal’ The second quarter of 2020 saw the lowest number of home health, home care, and hospice transactions since the end of 2017. That sudden downturn was not a surprise, as the COVID-19 pandemic threw cold water on deal-making conversations while casting a long, uncertain shadow on all senior care subsectors. Since spring, however, home-based care buyers and sellers have had a chance to adapt to the “new normal” focused on infect

Autism and I/DD Organizations Led the Sector this Quarter Mertz Taggart has just released its quarterly M&A report for the behavioral health sector. According to the report, transaction activity in behavioral health has rebounded in the third quarter of 2020, with a total of 26 transactions. Autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities organizations led the sector, accounting for 13 announcements in Q3. “We anticipate strong demand for behavioral health organizations of