Good Shepherd Health System (GSHS), which operates two acute care hospitals, trauma centers, a joint venture home health agency, as well as other ancillary medical services, saw its Moody’s ratings improve by four levels.
Moody’s raised the Longview, Texas–based system’s rating from Caa1, the highest Caa level, to Ba3, the lowest Ba level.…
Members of the Indian River Medical Center (IRMC) Board of Directors and the Indian River County Hospital District (IRCHD) have selected Cleveland Clinic as their partner to fuel future growth and the continued delivery of quality healthcare services by IRMC. This decision was reached after a partnership process that involved careful consideration by both the Hospital Board and the District Trustees.…
Juniper Advisory’s Barry Sagraves was interviewed for Governing Health, a monthly podcast series hosted by the law firm McDermott Will & Emery. Barry, in conversation with McDermott Will & Emery partner Michael Peregrine, presented “Board Oversight of Health Care M&A.”
The podcast, a resource for hospital and health system board members, explored the latest trends in health system partnerships and the shifting factors that may be changing the way transactions are considered and carried out today.…
University Health Care System (UHCS), an integrated nonprofit health system based in Augusta, GA, has acquired Trinity Hospital of Augusta (Trinity) from Quorum Health Corporation, a for-profit system headquartered in Brentwood, TN. The integration of Trinity will allow UHCS to strengthen its delivery of high-quality and efficient care throughout greater Augusta and neighboring communities in Georgia and South Carolina.…
Juniper Advisory’s Rex Burgdorfer and Jarrard’s Anne Hancock Toomey were interviewed ahead of their panel for the 8th Annual Becker’s Hospital Review Meeting. The session, titled “The Mergers and Acquisitions Market: Assessing Deals and Whether or Not to Merge, Sell or Align,” also included insights from attorneys Jeff Peterson and Geoff Cockrell of the law firm McGuireWoods.…
Juniper Advisory was engaged by the Board of Central Iowa Healthcare (CIH), an acute care nonprofit hospital in Marshalltown, IA, and the Creditors’ Committee to assist leadership in the assessment of partnership opportunities. Following a period of financial distress, including worsened leverage, liquidity, profitability, and collections, Juniper led the debtor in possession through a sale process pursuant to 11 U.S.C.…
Rex Burgdorfer served as the moderator for “Private Equity Investments in the Hospital Sector,” a panel at the 14th Annual Healthcare and Life Sciences Private Equity and Finance Conference, presented by McGuireWoods and RSM.
Panel participants included Sam Hutcheson, Vice President for Strategic Growth and Development for LifePoint Health, David Jarrard, President & CEO of Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, and Jeffrey Peterson, Partner with McGuireWoods.…
Good Shepherd Health System (GSHS), a two-hospital nonprofit health system based in Longview, TX, has joined CHRISTUS Health, a Catholic nonprofit health system headquartered in Dallas. GSHS will become an important center for care delivery in CHRISTUS’s rapidly-growing East Texas region.…
It is difficult to not get swept up into the tidal wave of speculative news about the changes that health systems may confront as we move into 2017. Every day brings more questions that only build upon the uncertainty of the previous news cycle.…
Rex Burgdorfer co-presented “To Merge or Not to Merge: The Top Issues to Consider Before Jumping on the Merger Bandwagon” at the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys’ (IAHA) 2016 Annual Health Law Symposium in Chicago, IL.
Rex was joined by attorneys Linas Grikis of Polsinelli, Joseph Hylak-Reinholtz of Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, and Brent Justus of McGuireWoods.…
Good Shepherd Health System (GSHS), which operates two acute care hospitals, trauma centers, a joint venture home health agency, as well as other ancillary [...]
Members of the Indian River Medical Center (IRMC) Board of Directors and the Indian River County Hospital District (IRCHD) have selected Cleveland Clinic as [...]
Juniper Advisory’s Barry Sagraves was interviewed for Governing Health, a monthly podcast series hosted by the law firm McDermott Will & Emery. Barry, in [...]