Health System Transaction Experts
Our ExperienceWhen outcomes matter, experience matters.
Juniper Advisory helps clients evaluate and complete partnership transactions. We measure success by the outcomes we realize for our clients. We understand partnerships are more than just financial transactions. We are dedicated to prioritizing your customized objectives. These often include retaining strong local input, staff development, preserving and growing services, and growing community engagement. Clients trust Juniper to navigate the complexities of this transformative journey, ensuring a future where your hospital thrives.
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What Our Clients are Saying
"As part of MercyOne, Genesis will be able to leverage the skill, talent and scale of national and regional resources while retaining our local leadership and focus. We will deepen our commitment to quality, safety and patient experience and strengthen our workforce retention and recruitment efforts. By joining MercyOne, Genesis will continue our ability to grow, thrive and deliver more integrated care in the region."
- Doug Cropper, CEO, Genesis Health System
"Our primary goal in this process has been to preserve MMC as a viable health care provider in this location for future generations. That is our key responsibility at a board. After a thorough evaluation, we believe that joining Spectrum Health is the best possible solution for the communities and people we serve, as well as for our doctors and staff."
- Al Deering, Board Chair, Memorial Medical Center
"The best practices that they are bringing forth are improving our entire organization. In the near future, our system is eager to bring additional services and products to serve the community, such as virtual care, a 24-hour nurse line and a continued commitment to improving our patient's health care experience."
- Kevin Vermeer, UnityPoint Health
Meet our committed team of experts.
We have dedicated our careers to bringing the high level of expertise and care demanded in for-profit transactions to our not-for-profit clients. We understand our clients, their motivations in considering partnerships and, most of all, how to help them meet their objectives. Whether it is maintaining services, expanding access, protecting employees or other considerations, our expertise is in maximizing objectives to achieve superior outcomes.
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Marshfield Clinic Health System and Sanford Health Announce Definitive Agreement to Form a Premier Rural Health System
October 23, 2024 | News & Events
Transaction Announcement Sanford Health, headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Marshfield Clinic Health System, a physician-led integrated health system serving rural Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, announced the signing...
Read MoreLawrence General Hospital Expands Community Care with Acquisition of Steward Health Care’s Holy Family Hospitals
October 1, 2024 | News & Events
Transaction Announcement Lawrence General Hospital (LGH), a prominent non-profit safety net hospital with a nearly 150-year legacy serving the Merrimack Valley community, has successfully acquired Holy Family Hospitals (HFH) located...
Read MoreWhy a health system’s growth strategy should include a build-versus-buy analysis
October 1, 2024 | Publications
What’s driving health systems’ growth strategies in 2024? A build-versus-buy analysis is now essential as health systems navigate escalating construction costs and tighter capital markets. In the latest edition of...
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former facilities of Steward Health Care
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former facilities of Steward Health Care
Lawrence General Hospital Expands Community Care with Acquisition of Steward Health Care’s Holy Family Hospitals
October 1, 2024
Transaction Involving: Non-profit 501(c)3
Assignment: Buy-Side
Lawrence General Hospital has acquired both Holy Family Hospital campuses in Methuen and Haverhill, MA. These are former facilities of Steward Health Care. We advised Lawrence General Hospital on this transaction.
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has joined
We advised Liberty Hospital on this transaction.
has joined
We advised Liberty Hospital on this transaction.
Liberty Hospital joins The University of Kansas Health System
July 1, 2024
Transaction Involving: Academic Local Government
Transaction Type: Member Substitution
Assignment: Sell-Side
Liberty Hospital has joined The University of Kansas Health System.
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have combined to form
We advised on this consolidation transaction.
have combined to form
We advised on this consolidation transaction.
Affiliates of United Healthcare Partners have combined to form Aspire Health
January 17, 2024
Transaction Involving: Non-profit 501(c)3
Transaction Type: Consolidation
Assignment: Advisory
Hills & Dales Healthcare, Marlette Regional Hospital, and Deckerville Community Hospital, affiliates of United Healthcare Partners, have combined to form Aspire Health. We advised on this consolidation transaction.
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to
We advised Quorum Health Corporation on this transaction.
has sold
to
We advised Quorum Health Corporation on this transaction.
Quorum Health has sold Fannin Regional Hospital to Java Medical Group
July 3, 2023
Transaction Involving: Investor-owned
Transaction Type: Asset Purchase
Assignment: Sell-Side
Quorum Health Completes Transaction with Java Medical Group.
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has joined
We advised Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center on this transaction.
has joined
We advised Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center on this transaction.
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center has joined CHRISTUS Health
July 1, 2023
Transaction Involving: Faith-Based Non-profit 501(c)3
Transaction Type: Member Substitution
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center has joined CHRISTUS Health. We advised Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center on this transaction.
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has joined
We advised Mid-Columbia Medical Center on this transaction.
has joined
We advised Mid-Columbia Medical Center on this transaction.
Mid-Columbia Medical Center has joined Adventist Health
June 1, 2023
Transaction Involving: Faith-Based Non-profit 501(c)3
Transaction Type: Member Substitution
Mid-Columbia Medical Center Joins Adventist Health.
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has joined
a member of
We advised Genesis Health System on this transaction.
has joined
a member of
We advised Genesis Health System on this transaction.
Genesis Health System has joined MercyOne
March 3, 2023
Transaction Involving: Non-profit 501(c)3
Transaction Type: Member Substitution
Genesis Health System and MercyOne Complete Partnership.
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has joined
We advised Olathe Health on this transaction.
has joined
We advised Olathe Health on this transaction.
Olathe Health has joined The University of Kansas Health System
January 5, 2023
Transaction Involving: Academic Non-profit 501(c)3
Transaction Type: Member Substitution
Olathe Health has joined The University of Kansas Health System.
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in partnership with
has acquired three hospitals from
We advised LCMC Health on this transaction.
in partnership with
has acquired three hospitals from
We advised LCMC Health on this transaction.
LCMC Health partners with Tulane University in New Orleans, LA
January 3, 2023
Transaction Involving: Academic Non-profit 501(c)3
Transaction Type: Asset Purchase
LCMC Health, in partnership with Tulane University, has acquired three hospitals from HCA Healthcare.
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has merged to join
We advised University of the Sciences on this transaction.
has merged to join
We advised University of the Sciences on this transaction.
University of the Sciences has joined St. Joseph’s University
June 1, 2022
Transaction Involving: Academic Non-profit 501(c)3
Transaction Type: Consolidation Member Substitution
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, PA joined St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA.
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has sold its 50% interest in
to
We advised Temple University on this transaction.
has sold its 50% interest in
to
We advised Temple University on this transaction.
Temple University in Philadelphia, PA
November 4, 2021
Transaction Involving: Academic
Temple University in Philadelphia has divested its 50% ownership stake in Health Partners Plans (HPP) to Jefferson Health. HPP is a non-profit hospital-owned Medicare and Medicaid Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) covering 290,000 lives in Eastern-Pennsylvania. The transaction was valued at $305 million.
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has joined
We advised National Health Investors, Inc. on this transaction.
has joined
We advised National Health Investors, Inc. on this transaction.
Kentucky River in Jackson, KY
November 4, 2021
Transaction Involving: Investor-owned
Transaction Type: Asset Purchase
National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI), a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has divested Kentucky River Medical Center in Jackson, KY to Quorum Health. This was NHI’s sole acute care hospital, and the transaction reflects a portfolio management strategy to focus on core business operations.
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evaluates growth opportunities
We advised both Natividad and the County on this project
evaluates growth opportunities
We advised both Natividad and the County on this project
Monterey County’s Natividad Medical Center explores strategic growth opportunities
July 10, 2021
Transaction Involving: Local Government Non-profit 501(c)3
Transaction Type: Advisory Lease
Monterey County’s Natividad Medical center explores strategic growth opportunities in an aim to bridge health inequity.
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has merged to join
We advised Illinois Valley on this transaction.
has merged to join
We advised Illinois Valley on this transaction.
Illinois Valley Community Hospital has joined St. Margaret’s Health
January 8, 2021
Transaction Involving: Faith-Based Non-profit 501(c)3
Transaction Type: Member Substitution
Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru, IL joined St. Margaret’s Health in Spring Valley, IL, a member of SMP Health System.
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announced acquisition, did not close
We advised Beaumont Health on this transaction.
announced acquisition, did not close
We advised Beaumont Health on this transaction.
Beaumont Health announced acquisition of Summa Health
September 1, 2020
Transaction Involving: Non-profit 501(c)3
Beaumont Health announced the acquisition of Summa Health but did not close. We advised Beaumont Health on this transaction.
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Our job is to help clients identify partnership opportunities and evaluate whether a transaction will better position the organization to meet its mission. Our track record is unrivaled in helping clients realize their missions.
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Hospital M&A
Our team is recognized for having adapted corporate merger and acquisition practices and discipline for the not-for-profit hospital industry. We have worked with all types of nonprofit hospital owners including...
Partnerships & Affiliations
Transactions where no ownership has changed include Joint Operating Agreements, Management Agreements, clinical affiliations (both operational and contracting), purchasing groups, information technology consortiums, back-office partnerships and many other forms of...
Independence Assessments
We focus on empowering hospitals and boards with the knowledge and insights necessary for making informed decisions based on real world input. A little over half of our clients decide...
Joint Ventures
Juniper leads the industry in the use of joint ventures to create value, improve quality and increase access. We have achieved many “first-in-industry” joint ventures for our clients and are...
Non-Acute Services
We have significant experience with managed care plans, behavioral health, physician groups, senior living, intellectual and developmental disability services, ambulatory surgery centers, medical office buildings, dialysis, and numerous other areas....
Higher Education
The higher education industry is facing unprecedented stress with emerging signs of a restructuring. Juniper helps our clients assess their situations within this changing environment and position themselves for success...
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