Behavioral Health
Private equity is rolling up pediatric behavioral health practices at a rate not seen since ABA consolidation in 2018–2022. State Medicaid policy is beginning to respond. This is the most consequential structural shift in pediatric health services right now.
Coverage
The ABA Warning No One in Pediatric Therapy PE Is Pricing In
North Carolina's proposed Clinical Coverage Policy 8F is the first visible state-level regulatory backlash — and a template for what happens when therapy Medicaid spend concentrates fast enough to attract legislative attention.
PE Consolidation Comes for Pediatric Therapy: Sidekick Acquires Word of Mouth Clinical
Sidekick Therapy Partners, backed by Great Hill Partners, acquired its second pediatric speech-language pathology practice in four months — the same playbook that consolidated ABA practices between 2018 and 2022.
Policy Watch
NC ABA Medicaid Policy Tightening
North Carolina's proposed Clinical Coverage Policy 8F revisions signal the first major state-level ABA regulatory response to consolidation-era spending growth. Track the policy evolution here.
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