ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition

Name

ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition

Legal name

ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition

Website

https://acute.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Inpatient Eating Disorder Treatment

NAICS

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (62221), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Eating Disorder Treatment Programs (HLAFACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Outpatient Mental Health & Counseling Clinics (HLAFABAC), Multidisciplinary Outpatient Rehab Centers (PT/OT/SLP) (HLADAJAG)

Keywords

• Eating disorder treatment
• Medical stabilization services
• Severe malnutrition care
• Inpatient refeeding treatment
• Eating disorder hospitalization

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Medical Insurance Billing: Treatment at ACUTE is covered under the patient's medical insurance benefit, not mental health benefits. This preserves mental health benefits for ongoing care at traditional inpatient or residential eating disorder treatment facilities after discharge from ACUTE. ACUTE is contracted and in-network with most private insurance programs including Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Beech Street, Cigna, Kaiser, Multiplan, and United Healthcare. For out-of-network patients, ACUTE can secure single case agreements or out-of-network waivers.
2. International Self-Pay: International patients outside the United States can pay self-pay for treatment at ACUTE.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ACUTE operates a 30-bed private, hospital-based medical telemetry unit within Denver Health Medical Center that provides inpatient medical stabilization, refeeding, and multidisciplinary therapy for patients with extreme medical complications of eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, ARFID, atypical anorexia) and severe malnutrition. Treatment is delivered by a multidisciplinary team of hospitalists, psychiatrists, dietitians, psychologists, physical/occupational therapists, and around-the-clock nursing staff, with 24/7 telemetry monitoring and access to 20+ specialty consults.

Product overview

ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition is a 30-bed inpatient medical hospitalization program offering a single integrated service: medical stabilization and refeeding for patients with severe eating disorders and severe malnutrition. The core offering is medical stabilization supplemented by multidisciplinary therapy services including Medical Nutrition Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychological Care, Speech Therapy, Child Life Services, Chaplain Services, and Pet Therapy. Specialty consults are available through Denver Health. The center offers specialized programs for adults, adolescents, LGBTQ+ patients, and international patients, with air ambulance transport services for patients too medically unstable for commercial travel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Stabilization
• Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Evidence-based, individualized nutrition treatment administered by registered dietitian nutritionists using nutrition interventions to treat acute and chronic medical conditions including refeeding patients with eating disorders or severe malnutrition.
• Physical Therapy Physical therapy services administered by physical therapists who help individuals restore physical function, reduce pain and discomfort, and improve psychological well-being through movement.
• Occupational Therapy Occupational therapy helping eating disorder and malnutrition patients progress toward independence in managing activities of daily living and reengaging with coping and meaningful leisure activities.
• Psychological Care Psychological interventions administered by licensed psychologists providing evidence-based psychotherapy services, emotional support, and help addressing anxiety, depression and other forms of distress.
• Specialty Medical Consults
• Air Ambulance Transport Bedside-to-bedside air ambulance transportation on medically configured Learjets for patients too medically unstable for commercial travel, with protocols authored by Dr. Philip Mehler. ACUTE handles all logistics and flight insurance benefits.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully treats patients as low as 37% of Ideal Body Weight
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Denver Health Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerACUTE is integrated within Denver Health Medical Center, providing access to the full hospital infrastructure including emergency services, surgical capabilities, specialty consults across 20+ medical disciplines, on-site laboratory and imaging services. This integration enables comprehensive medical care for the most complex eating disorder and malnutrition cases.
• Air Ambulance ProviderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with elite air ambulance organizations for safe domestic and international patient transport. Air ambulance providers adhere to specialized transport protocols for severe eating disorders authored by Dr. Philip Mehler. Services include bedside-to-bedside transfer via medically configured Learjets. ACUTE handles all logistics and flight insurance benefits.
• iaedp InstituteminorOthersACUTE staff hold certifications from the iaedp (International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals) Institute. Meredith Hogg serves as Associate Designee of the iaedp Institute, indicating professional certification and training standards alignment.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• The Renfrew Center: National eating disorder treatment provider with residential, day treatment, and outpatient programs. Comparable on patient population and referral flow dynamics with ACUTE.
• Veritas Collaborative: Multidisciplinary eating disorder treatment centers offering inpatient, residential, PHP and outpatient care. Comparable on the eating disorder treatment focus and referral relationships with hospital systems.
• Eating Recovery Center: Largest U.S. network of eating disorder treatment centers offering residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient levels of care. Highly comparable as a primary referral source and clinical competitor serving the same eating disorder patient population, though ACUTE uniquely sits at the higher-acuity inpatient medical stabilization tier.
• McCallum Place: Specialty eating disorder treatment program offering residential, PHP, IOP and outpatient care. Comparable on patient population, with overlap as both competitor and feeder into ACUTE's higher-acuity unit.
• Walden Behavioral Care: Northeast U.S.-based behavioral health system with inpatient, residential, and outpatient eating disorder programs. Comparable on clinical scope and patient acuity, with partial overlap on medical stabilization services.
• Center for Discovery: Eating disorder and mental health treatment provider operating residential programs across multiple states. Functions as a referral partner and clinical peer in the same patient ecosystem.
• Rogers Behavioral Health: Specialty behavioral health system with residential and inpatient eating disorder programs across the U.S. Comparable as a co-treating provider for severe eating disorders with partial overlap on medical stabilization scope.
• Monte Nido & Affiliates: National eating disorder treatment provider operating residential and outpatient programs across multiple U.S. states. Directly comparable on patient population and referral relationships; functions as both a feeder source and a downstream step-down partner for ACUTE.

Emerging players

• Within Health: Virtual eating disorder treatment provider offering PHP, IOP, and outpatient care. Comparable on patient demographics; functions as a downstream step-down partner rather than a direct inpatient competitor.
• Equip Health: Virtual-first eating disorder treatment provider using family-based treatment (FBT). Comparable on patient population but operates at the opposite end of the acuity spectrum — a potential discharge referral partner for ACUTE patients ready for less intensive care.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCUM7OqA7adX8jUS7cVgzwUQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/ACUTEcenterforeatingdisorders
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acutecenter

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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