January 1, 1998

Fort Collins mental-health facility purchased

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FORT COLLINS — Merit Behavioral Care of Denver has sold several of its mental-health facilities,
including MBC Counseling Services in Fort Collins, to Pacific Applied Psychology Associates of Berkeley, Calif.
John Walsh, triage supervisor for Merit, said the company recently sold offices in Fort Collins, Pueblo, Westminster, Denver and Colorado Springs to the California-based behavioral health-care company.
Merit˜s recent bid for the State of Colorado˜s new capitated mental-health contract for Medicaid eligibles in Denver was turned down in favor of Colorado Access.
And as of Dec. 31, Merit also lost its mental-health services contract with PacifiCare of Colorado. These…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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