Behavioral Health Business will host BHB INVEST 2026 on October 28–30, 2026, at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. The investment and M&A conference is built for behavioral health operators, investors, lenders and advisers, and organizers expect more than 500 attendees from over 100 companies across three days and four programming tracks.
The program opens October 28 with a members-only BHB+ Summit discussion on the 2027 outlook and a welcome reception, followed by two days of general sessions and breakouts. Autism services are the subject of a breakout on where autism investment goes beyond traditional ABA, with executives from Treehouse Pediatric, Stone Oak Therapy Services & Behavior Analysis and First Children Services discussing adult services, multidisciplinary care, technology and the current scrutiny of ABA utilization and spending. Other sessions cover payer pressure, Medicaid exposure, revenue cycle management and deal case studies. Sessions will not be recorded. The discounted hotel room block closes October 12, 2026.
Behavioral Health Business is a trade news outlet published by Arrowfly that covers the business side of behavioral health, and it also organizes the Autism Investor Summit events. For ABA providers and their financial backers, INVEST offers a read on how investors are weighing autism platforms against other behavioral health segments as payers tighten oversight.