Duly Health and Care Announces Acquisition of Alliance Clinical Associates

DOWN­ERS GROVE, Ill. – Duly Health and Care announced today the acqui­si­tion of Alliance Clin­i­cal Asso­ciates, a high­ly respect­ed behav­ioral and men­tal health prac­tice based in Wheaton, Ill.

​“We’re thrilled to wel­come Alliance Clin­i­cal Asso­ciates to the Duly fam­i­ly,” said Paul Mer­rick, MD, Chief Physi­cian Exec­u­tive at Duly Health and Care. ​“Togeth­er, we look for­ward to expand­ing per­son­al­ized, inte­grat­ed, and afford­able behav­ioral and men­tal health ser­vices for patients across the Chicagoland area.“

With the addi­tion of Alliance Clin­i­cal Asso­ciates’ more than 30 ded­i­cat­ed providers, Duly’s already strong team of psy­chi­a­trists, psy­chol­o­gists, and ther­a­pists will be bet­ter posi­tioned to meet the ris­ing demand for behav­ioral and men­tal health sup­port. This expand­ed team offers a wide range of ser­vices — includ­ing psy­chi­atric eval­u­a­tions, med­ica­tion man­age­ment, cou­ples and group ther­a­py, child and ado­les­cent ther­a­py, and more — while rein­forc­ing a shared com­mit­ment to col­lab­o­ra­tive, patient-cen­tered care.

The need for acces­si­ble, com­pre­hen­sive, and coor­di­nat­ed net­works of behav­ioral and men­tal health pro­fes­sion­als like those at Alliance Clin­i­cal Asso­ciates and Duly has nev­er been more urgent. More than 2.1 mil­lion adults in Illi­nois cur­rent­ly live with a behav­ioral or men­tal health con­di­tion. Among chil­dren ages 12 to 17, one in six expe­ri­ence a major depres­sive episode each year, and one in nine strug­gle with sui­ci­dal thoughts. 

​“By com­ing togeth­er, we aim to address the urgent and grow­ing need for care through a stronger, more con­nect­ed net­work of behav­ioral and men­tal health providers,” said Ken­neth Phillips, MD, Psy­chi­a­trist and Med­ical Direc­tor of Alliance Clin­i­cal Asso­ciates. ​“With more than 30 years of ser­vice in the Chica­go sub­urbs, we take great pride in our team of skilled prac­ti­tion­ers. Join­ing forces with Duly marks an excit­ing new chap­ter — one that will broad­en our col­lec­tive exper­tise and deep­en our shared com­mit­ment to sup­port­ing patients’ men­tal health and emo­tion­al well-being.”

For more infor­ma­tion or to sched­ule an appoint­ment with a Duly or Alliance Clin­i­cal Asso­ciates provider, vis­it https://​www​.duly​healthand​care​.com/​s​e​r​v​i​c​e​s​/​b​e​h​a​v​i​o​r​a​l​-​m​e​n​t​a​l​-​h​ealth

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About Duly Health and Care

The Duly Health and Care brand con­sists of some of the largest inde­pen­dent, mul­ti-spe­cial­ty, physi­cian-direct­ed med­ical groups in the nation, with more than 1,000 pri­ma­ry care and spe­cial­ty care providers and over 6,000 team mem­bers across more than 150 loca­tions. The Duly Health and Care brand includes three med­ical groups — DuPage Med­ical Group Ltd., Quin­cy Med­ical Group, and The South Bend Clin­ic LLC. Duly is deeply com­mit­ted to car­ing for patients in tra­di­tion­al and val­ue-based care arrange­ments, ensur­ing a focus on qual­i­ty, effi­cien­cy, and enhanced patient expe­ri­ences through­out the Midwest.

For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it duly​healthand​care​.com.