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Japan’s largest intellectual and developmental disability provider, LITALICO lnc., is entering the U.S. market by acquiring Developmental Disability Centers of Nebraska (DDCN) for $50 million. #behavioralhealth

New York City-based telepsychiatry provider Talkiatry announced Tuesday that it secured a $130 million funding round, one of the biggest in recent memory in the venture capital-backed behavioral health space. #behavioralhealth

Virtual peer-support startup Marigold Health has raised $11 million in Series A funding.  #behavioralhealth

Georgia's River Edge Behavioral Health hosted a topping-off ceremony for its new IDD support facility in Macon on Friday, the first of its kind in the state. #behavioralhealth

Virtual behavioral health provider Brightside Health has expanded into addiction treatment by acquiring Lionrock Recovery. #behavioralhealth

Youth-focused education and behavioral health platform FullBloom announced that it acquired two locations from Mesa, Arizona-based Lexington Life Academy. #behavioralhealth

Pennsylvania-based behavioral health company NeuroFlow announced it acquired fellow behavioral digital health company Owl, expanding its measurement-based offerings to help providers identify and manage behavioral care needs. #behavioralhealth

We're thrilled to welcome Melissa B. as Healthcare Capital Advisors' newest Managing Director. Melissa's addition supports our growth strategy as we continue to increase our leadership and win new buy-side and sell-side assignments. #behavioralhealth

There has been an increase in autism diagnoses and with it, a spike in parents seeking to get their kids into Applied Behavioral Therapy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder has gone up in the last 10 years. “The prevalence at this point, I believe now it's one in 39 children and that's the number here in the United States,” said Hector Adame, CEO of Autism and Behavioral Pediatric Clinic.

Medicaid beneficiaries were less likely to receive the same treatment services for behavioral health as compared to commercially insured consumers, according to a recent report from Vizient, Inc. For both adult and pediatric populations with the same behavioral health diagnosis, those covered under Medicaid were at least two times more likely than those who are commercially insured to receive only pharmaceuticals and no psychotherapy to manage their condition. #behavioralhealth