Practical writing for owners, operators, and buyers on how behavioral health transactions actually get structured, diligenced, priced, and closed.
Deal flow is not down — it has gotten structurally weirder. MSAs with built-in buyouts, seller financing at levels that did not exist three years ago, and JV structures are what is closing today.
Read the article → DiligenceThe financials are rarely what reprices a deal. Revenue quality, licensure, compliance, clinical staffing, and real estate are — and all of them are fixable in advance.
Read the article → Exit PlanningThe sequence we work through with owners a year before market: normalized financials, payer concentration, licensure drift, documentation, and the real estate decision.
Read the article → Real EstateIf you own your building, you own two assets buyers value separately. When splitting them helps, when it hurts, and the questions to answer first.
Read the article → LicensingThe transaction is not finished when the money moves — it is finished when the license does. What has to be coordinated, and how to keep it from delaying your deal.
Read the article → ResearchClosed transaction volume by subsector — mental health, autism and I/DD, and addiction treatment. Sourced quarterly, for operators and advisers who want current deal flow rather than a forecast.
View the index →Deal structures, buyer diligence, sale-leasebacks, license transfer, and preparation — the mechanics owners actually face in a behavioral health sale.
Westwood Behavioral Health's advisory team, from live transaction work rather than general research.
As transactions close and patterns change. The library is deliberately small and specific rather than a volume play.
Yes. A confidential conversation is the fastest way to get an answer specific to your facility.
Confidential representation for owners selling a behavioral health business.
Learn more →Off-market acquisition sourcing and screening for qualified buyers.
Learn more →What your facility is worth and how to prepare for an exit.
Learn more →What your facility is worth, who buys it, and how a confidential sale works.
For sellers →Platforms, multi-site operators, and institutional buyers.
For operators →Estimate your facility's value from adjusted EBITDA and the factors buyers price.
Open the tool →A sample of completed transactions across the continuum of care.
Learn more →To discuss the purchase, sale, or valuation of a behavioral health facility, reach out to Westwood Behavioral Health.
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