News & perspectives

The practice transition journal.

Market updates, deal activity, regulation, and reimbursement — the developments that shape psychiatry and psychedelic medicine practice transitions, in plain language.
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Reimbursement

What evolving Spravato coverage decisions mean for practice valuations

As more payers formalize esketamine policies, REMS-certified practices with stable reimbursement are being valued differently than cash-pay-only peers.

September 15, 2026 · 5 min read

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Regulation & policy

State by state: where psychedelic-assisted therapy rules are shifting in 2026

A small number of states continue to define the regulatory perimeter for psychedelic-assisted therapy. For buyers and sellers, the map matters as much as the practice.

August 30, 2026 · 7 min read

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Market updates

The cash-pay question: how buyers are repricing ketamine practices

Cash-pay revenue was once treated as premium. Buyers now weigh it against durability, referral dependence, and marketing cost — and price accordingly.

August 12, 2026 · 5 min read

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Market updates

TMS device cycles and what they mean for sellers

Owned versus leased devices, remaining useful life, and per-treatment economics now feature in nearly every TMS practice transaction.

July 22, 2026 · 4 min read

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M&A & deal activity

Notes from recent closings: transition periods are getting longer

Founders are staying on longer after closing — and buyers are structuring consideration to reward it. What was six months is now often eighteen.

July 2, 2026 · 5 min read

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Regulation & policy

REMS certification as a transferable asset

Spravato's REMS requirements make certification a genuine barrier to entry — and a genuine asset in a sale, if it is documented to transfer.

June 10, 2026 · 4 min read

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Clinical landscape

Why referral networks now anchor diligence

Buyers have learned that referral relationships are the revenue engine of interventional psychiatry — and they are underwriting them accordingly.

May 18, 2026 · 5 min read