---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-104272"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACHC"
cik: "0001520697"
company_name: "Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T13:16:28.416484+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Acadia Healthcare appoints Dan Cancelmi to board; Wade Miquelon to retire at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Daniel Cancelmi, former Tenet Healthcare EVP & CFO, appointed to Acadia's Board effective March 12, 2026.
- Wade Miquelon will retire from the Board at the 2026 annual meeting; not standing for re-election, no disagreement.
- Board size increased from 10 to 11 then will reduce to 10 after Miquelon's retirement.
- Appointment follows engagement with Khrom Capital; Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan financial advisors.
- Company states it 'continues evaluating all paths to deliver enhanced shareholder value.'

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-104272
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACHC
- cik: 0001520697
- company_name: Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000119312526104272/0001193125-26-104272-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1520697/000119312526104272/d113242d8k.htm

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