Jarvis Mercer, Author at Breaking News ABA

The Full M&A Map of ABA: Every Major Deal Since 2015, Annotated

March 22, 2026 · 2:00 PM

From Great Point’s founding bet on Autism Learning Partners in 2010 to Blackstone’s $600 million wipeout and Roper’s $1. 65 billion software grab, a decade of private equity transformed - and at…

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Telehealth ABA: What the Post-COVID Data Actually Shows About Outcomes

March 22, 2026 · 12:01 PM

The industry expanded into telehealth in 2020 out of necessity. Five years later, behavioral health telehealth visits dropped by 10 million in a single year, Optum shuttered its virtual care business, and…

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RBT Turnover: The 40% Annual Rate That’s Breaking ABA Clinics

March 22, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Registered Behavior Technicians deliver roughly 85% of all direct ABA therapy hours. Their median tenure is one year.

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All 50 States Passed the Autism Insurance Mandate. Not All of Them Actually Meant It.

March 21, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Tennessee completed the map in 2019. Every state now has some form of law requiring insurance coverage for autism therapy.

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The ABA EHR Wars: Why No Electronic Health Record Has Cracked the Market

March 21, 2026 · 12:01 PM

The ABA therapy industry runs on software that was not designed for it, software that was designed for it but does not do everything it needs to, or some brittle combination of…

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AI in ABA: The Five Companies That Are Actually Using It

March 21, 2026 · 8:00 AM

Every ABA software company claims to use artificial intelligence. Most are describing basic automation with a marketing department.

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The BCBA Shortage: 50,000 Short and Getting Worse

March 20, 2026 · 6:00 PM

The United States has approximately 81,500 Board Certified Behavior Analysts. It has more than 132,000 open positions for them.

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Colombia, the Philippines, and the Global BCBA: How ABA Companies Are Offshoring Their Back Office

March 20, 2026 · 2:00 PM

A quiet transformation is underway in the business operations of American ABA therapy companies. Facing a domestic labor market where BCBA positions go unfilled for months, where administrative staff turnover mirrors clinical…

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CurativeAI: Inside the $9.8M Technology Bet Christopher Barnett Is Building Inside ABA Centers

March 20, 2026 · 12:01 PM

Christopher Barnett did not build ABA Centers of America the way most ABA companies are built. He did not take private equity money.

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The 1099 BCBA: Why Independent Contracting Is Growing – and What It Costs the Industry

March 20, 2026 · 8:00 AM

A generation of BCBAs is leaving salaried positions at PE-backed ABA companies to work independently. They cite burnout, caseload pressure, unpaid overtime, and a desire for clinical autonomy.

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UnitedHealthcare’s ABA Prior Authorization Playbook: How the Nation’s Largest Insurer Is Managing – and Limiting – Autism Therapy

March 19, 2026 · 2:00 PM

UnitedHealth Group is the largest health insurance company in the United States, covering more than 50 million people and generating nearly $448 billion in revenue in 2025. Through its behavioral health subsidiary…

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New CPT codes. Medicaid shifts. Clinics changing hands.

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