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Assessing Hospital Preparedness for COVID-19 by Affiliation Status
Overview System hospitals tend to have more ICU beds, higher case mix indices and are more likely to be a part of physician integration networks compared to like-sized standalone hospitals....
Read MoreProvider Realignment Post-Pandemic
The COVID-19 crisis exposed the high cost of fragmentation within the healthcare industry and will serve as the seminal event that ushers in an era of greater provider integration and...
Read MoreCOVID-19 Impact on Healthcare M&A
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our nation and our healthcare delivery system. The extreme pressure being put on hospitals during this crisis will permanently change the way healthcare is sought...
Read MoreAre Hospitals Prepared for a Recession?
News coverage of a possible economic recession flared late this summer with a yield curve inversion, a bond market phenomenon that is historically associated with a financial downturn. The curve...
Read MoreScott Becker Interviews Rex Burgdorfer on Investment Banking
Scott Becker, Partner at McGuireWoods, past Healthcare Department Chair and founder of Becker’s Hospital Review, interviews Rex Burgdorfer, Managing Director of Juniper Advisory, about how Juniper leverages its investment banking...
Read MoreSumma Health would become wholly-owned subsidiary of Beaumont Health
Southfield, Michigan-based Beaumont Health and Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health have signed a Letter of Intent to develop a strategic partnership. The arrangement would strengthen both organizations’ cost-effective approaches to partnering with communities...
Read MorePA Hospital with Minority Owner Joins New Regional Partner
The Huntingdon, PA-based J.C. Blair Health System has officially joined Penn Highlands Healthcare, effective June 1. J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, a 71-bed, non-profit community hospital, is now known as Penn...
Read MoreThe Intersection of Mission and Margin
As healthcare has transformed from a nascent local patchwork of services to one of our country’s leading industries, hospitals hold steadfast to their missions that have roots going back a...
Read MoreGovernment-Affiliated Hospital Business Combinations: The Governance Dynamic
Many governmental hospitals might benefit from ownership change; in certain instances it is acutely needed. They face the same pressures to improve quality and lower costs that challenge most hospitals...
Read MoreSanta Clara County Succeeds in Securing the Future of Endangered Local Hospitals
The County of Santa Clara (Calif.) assumed responsibility for the operation of O’Connor Hospital in San José, St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, and De Paul Health Center in Morgan...
Read MoreAnalysis: Hospitals Buoyed by Tenuous Investment Income
Investment income resulting from a strong stock market has propped up many standalone hospitals’ balance sheets over the past two years, according to a recent evaluation by Juniper Advisory. In...
Read MoreRegulatory Implications for Change-of-Control
Often, one of the chief terms to be negotiated during a hospital merger is who will govern the hospital post transaction. Will the existing hospital board retain control through an...
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