behavioral health Archives • The Braff Group

Behavioral Health Provider Ideal Option’s Partnership with Safeway: Reflections on an Entire Industry

On June 1st, “Ideal Option, a national leader in evidence-based medication-assisted treatment [announced that it had] partnered with Safeway, one of the largest grocery retailers in the U.S., to provide services to patients inside the store’s wellness center [in] Vancouver, WA”. “With this partnership, Safeway becomes the first national retailer to complement their in-store pharmacy services with an addiction medicine provider – a bold and progressive move that reflects both a decrease in the stigma traditionally surrounding addiction, and the urgency to counter the surge in substance use during the pandemic”.

TCIV: M&A Firm ‘Extremely Bullish’ on Deals in 2021

While buyers likely will be viewing the marketplace through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic until the midpoint of the year, a confluence of factors has the Braff Group, the mergers and acquisitions firm that specializes in healthcare services, feeling bullish about market activity in 2021, president...

Learn the state of Autism M&A at AIS

In this session, we take a deep dive into our proprietary database of Autism transactions in order to see how the market has shifted over time.

BRAFF GROUP to Present Autism M&A and Business Valuation at CASP 2020

Last year, we explained why autism service providers have become the darlings of the investment community. This year, we update the data, the trends, and what it all means if you are a potential buyer, seller, or a long term “holder” that must play in an evolving marketplace.

Private Equity’s Interest in Autism Creates Opening for Patient Investors

Mergers and acqusitions activity for high-end residential treatments centers has slowed down during the last few years. Dexter Braff, while speaking at TCIV, proposed three theores regarding these trends.

BRAFF at TCIV – The Deals, The Data, What it All Means

Dexter Braff is speaking regarding Substance Use Disorder M&A: The Deals, The Data, and What It All Means at the 2019 TCIV Conference in Scottsdale AZ. In this session, participants will take a deep dive into the most recent trends in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the substance use disorder (SUD) market.

Where Is Competition from New I/DD Investors and New Technology Coming From?

The I/DD market is ready for consolidation, according to a blog posted by Arlington Heritage Group. Companies with large capital and advanced technology are showing keen interest in this sector. Data from The Braff Group shows private equity interest in this space is also rising ever since firms started making deals in 2015.

Catch up with The Braff Group at AATOD

Early indications suggest declines in substance use disorder offset in part, by gains in intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The Braff Group Attending APBA 2019 Conference

Intelligent Dealmaking® is knowing the Autism Services industry as only a specialist can; most importantly the specific trends and developments that impact value. That’s why The Braff Group has closed more Autism Services transactions than any other intermediary. In Autism Services, we know the variables—and how to communicate them—to capture and emphasize our Clients’ Value Proposition.

Court Finds What You Already Knew: Insurers Are Fighting Parity

In what will likely go down as a landmark decision that will ripple throughout the insurance and behavioral health industry, "a federal judge in Northern California ruled that a unit of UnitedHealth Group, the giant health insurer, had created internal policies aimed at effectively discriminating against patients with mental health and substance abuse disorders to save money.”