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Alpena Regional Medical Center (ARMC), a county-owned health system in northeast Michigan, has joined MidMichigan Health, a regional nonprofit health system affiliated with the University of Michigan Health System. ARMC...

In its final season, “Downton Abbey” captured audiences by exploring a healthcare phenomenon set in rural England 100 years ago — and one still playing out across America today. The...

The Board of Trustees of Central Iowa Healthcare (CIH), a 49-bed nonprofit community hospital in Marshalltown, IA, has initiated a process to explore its strategic partnership options. Juniper Advisory will...

Community Health Center of Branch County (CHC), a nonprofit county-owned hospital in Coldwater, MI, has entered into an innovative partnership with ProMedica, a 13-hospital integrated nonprofit health system based in...

Independent hospitals and small health systems face a daunting challenge in developing their healthcare IT capabilities to meet the requirements of value-based care. But they must carefully weigh their options...

Affiliations are contractual arrangements between two or more hospital partners in which they agree to work together on projects. No ownership or control is exchanged in affiliations; however, the term...

This joint venture handbook is based upon a series of articles that we began writing for The Governance Institute in the summer of 2014. One year later, many of the...

With the end of the year approaching, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on our clients’ many successes during 2015. Juniper has been fortunate to advise 20 hospitals...

KishHealth System (KHS), a two-hospital integrated nonprofit health system based in DeKalb, IL, has joined Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC). The geographic footprint of NMHC dramatically expands with the addition of...

Jordan Shields presented “Regional Strategies and Affiliation Considerations for Community Hospitals” at Becker’s Hospital Review’s 4th Annual CEO Roundtable in Chicago, IL. Jordan was joined on the panel by Bill...

Elliot Health System (EHS), an integrated nonprofit health system and the largest provider of comprehensive healthcare services in southern New Hampshire, has announced the beginning of a process to explore...

Eighty-seven percent of hospitals are considering alignment with another hospital or system as a part of their overall strategic planning, according to Dixon Hughes Goodman. This interest is primarily attributed...