Yvette Jackson

As behavioral health and human services organizations look for new ways to grow, the conversation is increasingly moving beyond traditional mergers and acquisitions. Whether it’s expanding into new markets, adding service lines, pursuing affiliations or bringing organizations together, the challenge isn’t necessarily finding opportunities to grow. It’s knowing which opportunities make sense.

This panel brings together leaders from The Meadows, Devereux, Children’s Institute, Consulting for Human Services and Netsmart to discuss what they’re seeing across the market, how organizations are evaluating different paths to growth and what makes a potential partnership or acquisition the right fit.

We’ll explore the financial and operational considerations behind these decisions, the importance of cultural alignment and some of the challenges that don’t always become apparent until after organizations come together. The discussion will also touch on what it takes to build an organization that’s positioned to grow without losing sight o the people and communities it serves.

Once a cornerstone of the youth behavioral health continuum, residential treatment now faces growing scrutiny from regulators, payers and investors. This panel examines whether the future belongs to outpatient and community-based models – or whether residential providers are adapting to a new role in the market.