Insights

Barry Sagraves moderated the panel “Expanding Your Options for Capital Structure” for the 2016 Hospital 100 Leadership & Strategy Conference in Cedar Creek, TX. Barry’s panel included William Fenske, CFO...

The University of Chicago Medicine, one of the nation’s leading academic medical institutions, has acquired Ingalls Health System, an integrated community health system located in Harvey, a south suburb of...

The decision to align with another health care organization is among the most important, if not the most important, undertakings for a hospital board. Selecting the right partner, strategy, timing...

Aria Health, a three-hospital integrated health system in northeast Philadelphia and Lower Bucks County, has joined Jefferson, Philadelphia and southern New Jersey’s rapidly-growing clinical and academic health system. As part...

The European Union is an affiliation. Unlike a federal government, the United States for example, where members combine into a single sovereign nation, each member state of the EU remains...

As the delivery of health care continues to evolve and hospitals bear additional pressures to adapt to new payment models, more nonprofit hospitals are partnering with for-profit providers, through a...

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...