Mergers & Acquisitions Continue To Change the Industry: New Consolidation Pose Market Place Opportunity & Dilemma For Small Service Providers

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Analysis The behavioral health and social service fields are awash in mergers, acquisitions, and consolidations at every level, increasing competition and the need for achieving economies of scale are forcing sometimes reluctant partners to consolidate. Across the field, the evolution of “gargantuan" managed behavioral health programs are the big news of the year. The managed behavioral health programs (MB HP) have been taking part in consolidations from their first days in the mid-1980s. And, of concern to all stakeholders the same programs have expanded not only in size . . .