About Juniper Advisory
As an independent advisory firm working exclusively with nonprofit institutions, particularly hospitals and health systems, Juniper offers a range of services, including:
> Financial condition and strategic options assessment
> Assisting community hospitals to evaluate their ability to remain independent
> Growth strategies
> Designing and structuring a variety of business combination transactions, with experience in:
- Affiliations, joint operating agreements, system collaborations, management agreements, leases, and other non-change-of-ownership partnerships
- Joint ventures, including buyer and seller joint ventures, shelf joint ventures, and academic joint ventures
- Mergers via stock mergers and membership substitutions
- Acquisitions and other growth strategies
- Partnerships with universities, health plans, physician groups, senior care and behavioral health services
Juniper specializes in healthcare and nonprofit advisory work. We have no underwriting, trading, or other proprietary activities. Our business is assisting the Boards of Directors and executive leadership teams understand their strategic options and to plan and execute complex strategic partnerships. This allows us to offer advice that is free of distraction and without bias toward outcome. This focus, as well as our deep experience and understanding of the nonprofit and healthcare sectors, have allowed us to advise on many of the largest and most noteworthy change-of-control transactions in these fields.
News & Events
Hospital Partnerships, Mergers & Acquisitions—We Wrote the Book
Navigating a hospital M&A process can be complex and daunting. Juniper can help. Our new book for hospital Boards and executives offers a start-to-finish look at what it takes to successfully complete a healthcare partnership.
Universities to Merge, Expand Health and Science Education
The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, the nation’s oldest pharmacy and allied health school, has announced a non-binding Letter of Intent to merge with St. Joseph’s University, a neighboring liberal arts institution. The proposed
Neighboring Hospitals Combine to Enhance Service to Community
On January 1, 2020, Illinois Valley Community Hospital (IVCH) in Peru, IL joined St. Margaret's Health in Spring Valley, IL, a member of SMP Health System. The hospitals, which are located just 4 miles from