Discovery Behavioral Health

What Discovery Behavioral Health does

Discovery Behavioral Health is a privately held, multi-state behavioral healthcare platform headquartered in Irvine, California that operates 130+ treatment programs across 12 states under sub-brands including Center for Discovery (eating disorders), Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program (mental health), Discovery Addiction Services / Cliffside Malibu / Casa Palmera / PaRC / Brookdale / Pinelands / New Hope Ranch / Prosperity Wellness (substance use), and DiscoveryMD / Anew Era TMS (outpatient psychiatric services including TMS and ketamine therapy). The company provides a full continuum of care (residential treatment, partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient programs, and outpatient services) to adolescents and adults, with specialized programming for veterans and first responders through the Stars & Stripes program in partnership with Tricare and the VA Community Care Network. The platform serves 4,000+ patients daily, is in-network with 100+ insurance payers and managed care organizations, and is reimbursed primarily through insurance contracts with private pay and Medicaid options available for select programs.

The company's core technology asset is Discovery365, a proprietary post-discharge monitoring platform developed in collaboration with Videra Health (AI video analysis) and Brigham and Women's Hospital, which conducts 16 multimodal assessment touchpoints over one year using AI/ML analysis of facial movements, language usage, speech rate, mood, and structured outcome measures to predict depression levels and detect high-risk behaviors. Discovery365 feeds a Learning Health System database of 30,000+ patient outcomes that the company describes as the largest integrated behavioral health dataset, with third-party verification through its research partnership with Mass General Brigham and NIMH/NIDA-sponsored studies.

DBH's business model is insurance-reimbursement-driven, with revenue generated across residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient service lines (subscription/recurring revenue) and specialty outpatient services including TMS and ketamine (professional services revenue). Distribution is direct-to-patient through the 130+ treatment centers, the Discovery Concierge referral portal (877-640-6190), DiscoveryMD telehealth, and a clinical outreach team that manages referrals from external healthcare providers. The company was formed in 2018 from the merger of Cliffside Malibu, Center for Discovery, and Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program, executed an aggressive acquisition campaign from 2019 through 2022, and in 2026 underwent a major ownership restructuring in which Capital One seized control following a $280 million debt default and HPS Investment Partners subsequently agreed to assume majority ownership in exchange for substantial debt reduction.

Name

Discovery Behavioral Health

Legal name

Discovery Behavioral Health, Inc.

Website

https://discoverybehavioralhealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Discovery Behavioral Health is a privately held, multi-state behavioral healthcare platform operating 130+ treatment programs across 12 states that delivers substance use, mental health, and eating disorder care to adolescents, adults, and veterans through residential, PHP, IOP, and outpatient service lines reimbursed primarily by insurance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Behavioral Healthcare Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (623220), Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (622210)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Substance Use Remote Monitoring (HLACAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Integrated Behavioral Health (Collaborative Care) Platforms (HLALAEAC)

Keywords

• Behavioral healthcare services
• Mental health treatment
• Substance use treatment
• Eating disorder treatment
• Residential treatment programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Alamitos

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Behavioral Health Treatment Services: Recurring revenue from residential, partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and outpatient treatment programs. Insurance reimbursement-driven with in-network status with major payers and managed care organizations.
2. Specialty Outpatient Services: TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) and Ketamine infusion therapy for treatment-resistant depression. Revenue from outpatient psychiatric services including medication management, talk therapy, and advanced treatments.
3. Insurance Reimbursement: Preferred provider with most major insurance companies. Contracted provider with 100+ payers and managed care organizations. Services include in-network, out-of-network, and private pay options.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Discovery Behavioral Health provides substance use, mental health, and eating disorder treatment for children, adolescents, and adults across 130+ programs nationwide. The company operates through multiple sub-brands (Center for Discovery, Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program, DiscoveryMD, Cliffside Malibu, Casa Palmera, and others) delivering residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient services. Its differentiator is the proprietary Discovery365 measurement-based care platform with AI-powered post-discharge monitoring.

Product overview

Discovery Behavioral Health is a behavioral healthcare platform providing substance use, mental health, and eating disorder treatment across 130+ programs nationwide. The company operates through multiple sub-brands including Center for Discovery (eating disorders), Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program (mental health), Discovery Addiction Services (substance use), and DiscoveryMD/Anew Era TMS (psychiatric services including TMS and ketamine). The core differentiator is Discovery365, an AI-powered proprietary platform that extends post-discharge monitoring for one year with 16 assessment touchpoints. Treatment is delivered across four service levels: Residential Treatment Centers, Partial Hospitalization Programs, Intensive Outpatient Programs, and specialty outpatient services. The company also offers specialized programs including Stars & Stripes for veterans and first responders, and Discovery for Life alumni support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Center for Discovery (CFD): Eating disorder treatment for adolescents and adults with residential and outpatient programs
• Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program (DMAP)
• DiscoveryMD
• Anew Era TMS & Psychiatry
• Cliffside Malibu
• Casa Palmera
• PaRC (Prevention and Recovery Center)
• Pinelands Recovery Center
• New Hope Ranch
• Brookdale Premier Addiction Recovery
• Prosperity Wellness Center
• Discovery365
• Discovery for Life
• Stars & Stripes Program

Products and services

• Discovery365 Post-Discharge Monitoring Platform Proprietary AI-powered post-discharge monitoring platform that virtually extends patient care for one full year with 16 interactive assessment touchpoints, detecting behavioral indicators to predict depression levels and recovery outcomes for behavioral health patients.
• Residential Treatment Centers (RTC) 24-hour structured residential care in state-licensed facilities providing highly focused treatment environments with group and individual therapy for patients with substance use, mental health, and eating disorders.
• Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Intense day treatment program offering 6-8 hours per day, up to six days per week for 4-6 weeks, delivering residential-level intensity while allowing patients to return home in the evening.
• Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) Flexible treatment program including group and individual therapy for 3 hours per day, 3-5 days per week for 3-6 weeks, serving as a step-down from PHP or entry point for higher-acuity patients.
• Center for Discovery (CFD) Eating Disorder Treatment Eating disorder treatment program for adolescents and adults with multidisciplinary teams providing medical, psychiatric, therapeutic, and nutritional support for anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and related conditions.
• Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program (DMAP) Mental health treatment program for depression, anxiety, trauma, bipolar disorder, and other mood disorders delivered across residential and outpatient settings with personalized treatment plans.
• DiscoveryMD Outpatient Psychiatric Services Outpatient psychiatric services platform offering medication management, TMS, ketamine therapy, and talk therapy integrating in-person treatment with telemedicine convenience for patients with mental health or substance use disorders.
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Therapy FDA-approved treatment for treatment-resistant depression using magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain, offered through DiscoveryMD and Anew Era TMS for patients who have not responded to traditional medication.
• Ketamine Infusion Therapy Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder and other mental health disorders that stimulates nerve growth within the brain, available in Texas and Kansas locations through Awakenings KC and DiscoveryMD.
• Stars & Stripes Veteran and First Responder Program Specialized program for veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and their families offering trauma-focused and personalized evidence-based treatment across all levels of care, with staff trained in military and first responder culture.
• Discovery for Life Alumni Support Program Lifetime alumni support commitment offering free support groups, social events, an alumni app, and community resources to help patients reintegrate into daily life after completing treatment.
• Cliffside Malibu Luxury Residential Treatment Luxury substance use treatment center located in Malibu, California, offering residential and outpatient programs in a premium setting.
• Casa Palmera Chemical Dependency Recovery Licensed Chemical Dependency Recovery Hospital in Del Mar, California, offering evidence-based and holistic care including primary mental health diagnoses for substance use disorders.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of substance use patients report being hopeful about the future upon discharge
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Mass General BrighamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical research partnership with the largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School for third-party verification of patient outcomes and development of Learning Health System approach to behavioral healthcare.
• Videra HealthcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for AI-powered video analysis platform in Discovery365. Videra Health's technology detects facial movements, language patterns, speech rate, and behavioral indicators to predict patient depression and recovery levels.
• Brigham and Women's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration on Learning Health System and clinical decision support tools for behavioral health treatment optimization.
• Harvard Medical SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership through Mass General Brigham affiliation for research validation and industry standard of care development.
• NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple NIMH-sponsored research studies including: UG3/UH3 Precision Mental Health tools for treatment selection in depression; K-01 study on dynamic optimal treatment regimes for opioid use disorder; R-01 ALACRITY for suicide prevention in youth.
• NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNIDA-sponsored research in collaboration with DBH on precision opiate use disorder treatment tools using cutting-edge statistical and machine learning techniques to tailor treatments to individual patient needs.
• U.S. Department of Veterans AffairscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProvider in VA Community Care Network (CCN) serving veterans with authorized referrals from their VA. Partners with Tricare insurance for military personnel and families.
• TricarecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIn-network insurance provider accepted for military personnel and families through Stars & Stripes veteran program.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• BrightView Health: BrightView Health is a rapidly growing outpatient substance use and mental health platform with 50+ locations emphasizing medication-assisted treatment and measurement-based care. Comparable to DBH's DiscoveryMD on tech-enabled outpatient services, but focuses on ambulatory MAT versus DBH's residential-heavy model.

Broad incumbents

• Acadia Healthcare: Acadia Healthcare is the largest publicly traded pure-play behavioral health operator in the U.S., running ~250 facilities across the continuum of care including residential, PHP, IOP and acute psychiatric care. Directly comparable as a multi-state specialty behavioral health provider pursuing measurement-based outcomes and value-based reimbursement, but at materially greater scale and with publicly traded financial transparency.
• Universal Health Services (Behavioral Health Division): UHS operates a major behavioral health segment with ~330 inpatient behavioral facilities plus growing outpatient/PHP/IOP services. Comparable as a full-continuum operator that also runs eating disorder programs and acute psychiatric hospitals, though UHS is also a much larger diversified hospital company.

Direct peers

• American Addiction Centers: American Addiction Centers runs residential and outpatient substance use treatment facilities across multiple states with in-network insurance contracts and an outcomes measurement program. Directly competes with DBH's addiction recovery brands (Cliffside Malibu, PaRC, Casa Palmera, Brookdale) on similar patient profiles and payer relationships.
• Caron Treatment Centers: Caron Treatment Centers is a national nonprofit offering residential and outpatient substance use and co-occurring disorders treatment with alumni programming and an outcome research program. Comparable to DBH on residential SUD, family programming, and outcome tracking, though Caron is a single-campus nonprofit.
• Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: Hazelden Betty Ford is the largest nonprofit addiction treatment provider in the U.S. with residential and outpatient programs, an integrated measurement system (CORE), and academic partnerships. Comparable to DBH on residential SUD treatment, 12-step integration, outcomes measurement, and academic collaborations, though nonprofit ownership model differs.
• Rogers Behavioral Health: Rogers Behavioral Health operates residential, PHP and IOP programs for OCD, anxiety, depression and eating disorders across multiple states and applies standardized outcome measurement. Comparable on residential psychiatric continuum, eating disorder programs, and use of measurement-based care similar to DBH's Discovery365.
• Promises Behavioral Health: Promises Behavioral Health operates luxury and mainstream residential substance use and mental health treatment centers across multiple states, comparable in style to DBH's Cliffside Malibu and other premium-positioned sub-brands. Direct competitor in the high-acuity residential SUD and co-occurring disorders market.
• Eating Recovery Center: Eating Recovery Center is the largest specialized eating disorder treatment provider in the U.S. with residential, PHP and IOP programs across multiple states. Directly competes with DBH's Center for Discovery brand on eating disorder treatment programs and acuity tiers.

Others

• McLean Hospital: McLean Hospital is a Harvard Medical School affiliate and one of the leading psychiatric research hospitals in the U.S., and a collaborator on NIMH-sponsored studies adjacent to DBH partnerships. Comparable as a research-driven acute psychiatric provider tied to the Harvard/Mass General ecosystem in which DBH has anchored its Learning Health System strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/discoverybehavioralhealth
• Facebookfacebook.com/DiscoveryBehavioralHealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/discovery-behavioral-health
• Instagraminstagram.com/discoverybh
• Xx.com/DiscovBeHealth

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A7 records

Investments

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