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MGH in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Juniper client Marquette General Health System was featured in a recent Fox TV6 television news story which provided a six month update on the accomplishments...

Barry Sagraves co-presented on the Mergers, Acquisitions, and Affiliating Panel for the 5th Annual Wisconsin HFMA CFO Forum in Milwaukee, WI. The panel discussed how health reform and other macro-economic...

Bell Hospital, a stand-alone 501(c)3 in Ishpeming, Michigan, has signed a letter of intent to be acquired by LifePoint Hospitals. This strategic partnership will ensure the future viability of the...

Portage Health, a stand-alone 501(c)3 hospital in Hancock, Michigan, has signed a letter of intent to form a whole hospital joint venture with LifePoint Hospitals. This transaction, valued at over...

Analyzing Tax, Accounting and Business Aspects of Partnerships This webinar provided advisors to non-profits with a review of the business and regulatory benefits and risks of a broad variety of...

Juniper’s James Burgdorfer was quoted in the Modern Healthcare article “Taking a different path,” which outlined the increasing frequency of ownership partnerships between non-profit hospitals and for-profit healthcare companies. As...

James Burgdorfer was interviewed in the January 2, 2013 HealthLeaders Media article “Nonprofits Weigh Benefits of Buyer Joint Ventures.” In the interview article, Jamie explains how nonprofit hospital systems are...

Joint ventures between investor-owned and nonprofit health care organizations are not new; in fact, they have occurred for at least 25 years. Until recently, nonprofits were employing this type of...

A joint venture between Duke University Health System and LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., Duke LifePoint, recently completed the acquisition of Marquette General Health System in Marquette, Michigan. This combination represents the...

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Joint Ventures between Non-Profit and Investor-Owned Hospitals: Uses and Future Applications James Burgdorfer wrote a paper for the Governance Institute exploring the practical features of “buyer joint venture”...

Healthcare reform will result in more consolidation and integration among hospitals, reversing a recent trend in which hospitals tended to stay away from such transactions. Regardless of the ultimate fate of...

Much has been written about the fiduciary responsibilities of hospital boards that are considering business combinations. Another important issue that has received less attention is leadership continuity throughout the transaction...