The Stepping Stones Group Expands Into Philly
The behavioral health services provider, The Stepping Stones Group, has pushed into the Philadelphia market with the purchase of EBS Healthcare, a not-for-profit based in West Chester, Pennsylvania. EBS Healthcare is a therapeutic and behavioral company that employs speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists. The company also has a division called the EBS Children’s Institute, a leading research, training and teaching organization working to advance the field of special education and pediatric therapy. EBS treats roughly 2.1 million patients each year. With the addition of EBS Healthcare, the combined company will have a client base... Read More »
The Emily Program and Veritas Collaborative Merge
Two major behavioral health care companies are merging, creating a national network of treatment facilities focused on treating patients with eating disorders. The Emily Program, one of the largest eating disorder treatment programs in the U.S. and an affiliate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, is acquiring Veritas Collaborative, LLC from Vestar Capital Partners. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Veritas Collaborative is a national healthcare system for the treatment of eating disorders, with locations in Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. Veritas provides a full continuum of care for individuals of all ages, including inpatient, acute residential, partial... Read More »
Acadia Healthcare Acquires Adventist Health Vallejo
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC) announced last week it purchased Adventist Health Vallejo from Adventist Health for an undisclosed sum. Adventist Health Vallejo is a 61-bed psychiatric hospital that is operated as a service of Adventist Health St. Helena. Its services include short-term psychiatric care for children, adolescents and adults as well as partial hospitalization services for adults who are experiencing psychiatric problems or are dependent on alcohol, drugs or prescription medications. The psychiatric hospital has operated in Vallejo, California for nearly 25 years. Acadia Healthcare intends to retain current staff and associates and also invest in and expand... Read More »
Medical Properties Trust Buys Behavioral Health Portfolio
After Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC) divested Priory Group, its U.K. behavioral health care business, for $1.47 billion, Priory Group is doing some unloading of its own. Now backed by Waterland Private Equity, Priory Group is selling a portfolio of approximately 40 select behavioral health facilities located in the United Kingdom to Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MPW). The Birmingham, Alabama-based REIT will pay approximately GBP 800 million, or $1.087 billion, plus customary stamp duty tax and other transaction costs. The properties will be subject to long-term sale-leaseback agreements with Priory, which are expected to provide MPT a GAAP-basis yield of 8.6% and... Read More »
Acadia Healthcare Exits the U.K.
After a brief suspension in the sale process, Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC) has finally found a buyer for its U.K. behavioral health care operations, known as Priory Group. Acadia first began exploring a divestment of Priory Group in early 2020, but talks were suspended when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. In September, Acadia released a statement that said it was resuming the sale process, and the company finally managed to close the deal on December 30. The buyer is Waterland Private Equity, an independent private equity investment group based in The Netherlands. The firm is paying approximately GBP 1.78 billion, or US $2.47 billion, based on the current exchange rate, for... Read More »