Health System Transaction Experts

Our Experience

When outcomes matter, experience matters.

Juniper Advisory helps clients evaluate and complete partnership transactions. We measure success by the outcomes we realize for our clients. We understand partnerships are more than just financial transactions. We are dedicated to prioritizing your customized objectives.  These often include retaining strong local input, staff development, preserving and growing services, and growing community engagement.  Clients trust Juniper to navigate the complexities of this transformative journey, ensuring a future where your hospital thrives.

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What Our Clients are Saying

"As part of MercyOne, Genesis will be able to leverage the skill, talent and scale of national and regional resources while retaining our local leadership and focus. We will deepen our commitment to quality, safety and patient experience and strengthen our workforce retention and recruitment efforts. By joining MercyOne, Genesis will continue our ability to grow, thrive and deliver more integrated care in the region."

- Doug Cropper, CEO, Genesis Health System

"Our primary goal in this process has been to preserve MMC as a viable health care provider in this location for future generations. That is our key responsibility at a board. After a thorough evaluation, we believe that joining Spectrum Health is the best possible solution for the communities and people we serve, as well as for our doctors and staff."

- Al Deering, Board Chair, Memorial Medical Center

"The best practices that they are bringing forth are improving our entire organization. In the near future, our system is eager to bring additional services and products to serve the community, such as virtual care, a 24-hour nurse line and a continued commitment to improving our patient's health care experience."

- Kevin Vermeer, UnityPoint Health

Meet our committed team of experts.

We have dedicated our careers to bringing the high level of expertise and care demanded in for-profit transactions to our not-for-profit clients. We understand our clients, their motivations in considering partnerships and, most of all, how to help them meet their objectives. Whether it is maintaining services, expanding access, protecting employees or other considerations, our expertise is in maximizing objectives to achieve superior outcomes.

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2024 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference

February 11, 2024 | News & Events

Our team was pleased to present at the 37th Annual AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in Orlando. Chris Benson, FACHE, CMPE, Executive Director, Juniper Advisory, Dennis Knox, President & CEO, Adventist Health...

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Minnesota Hospital Association 2024 Winter Trustee Conference

January 11, 2024 | News & Events

Thank you to Rahul Koranne and the Minnesota Hospital Association team for hosting such an engaging conference. Chris Benson, FACHE, CMPE, Executive Director, Juniper Advisory & Todd Linden, Partner, Linden Consulting, presented… From Surviving to Thriving: The...

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42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

January 8, 2024 | News & Events

Our team is pleased to kick off the new year at the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco this week. Great to engage with healthcare colleagues, partners,...

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have combined to form We advised on this consolidation transaction.
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have combined to form We advised on this consolidation transaction.

Affiliates of United Healthcare Partners have combined to form Aspire Health

January 17, 2024

Transaction Involving: Non-profit 501(c)3

Assigment: Affiliation Merger, Consolidation

Hills & Dales Healthcare, Marlette Regional Hospital, and Deckerville Community Hospital, affiliates of United Healthcare Partners, have combined to form Aspire Health. We advised on this consolidation transaction.

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has sold to We advised Quorum Health Corporation on this transaction.
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has sold to We advised Quorum Health Corporation on this transaction.

Quorum Health has sold Fannin Regional Hospital to Java Medical Group

July 3, 2023

Transaction Involving: Investor-owned

Assigment: Sale

Quorum Health Completes Transaction with Java Medical Group.

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has joined We advised Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center on this transaction.
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has joined We advised Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center on this transaction.

Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center has joined CHRISTUS Health

July 1, 2023

Transaction Involving: Faith-Based, Non-profit 501(c)3,

Assigment: Member Substitution

Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center Joins CHRISTUS Health.

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has joined We advised Mid-Columbia Medical Center on this transaction.
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has joined We advised Mid-Columbia Medical Center on this transaction.

Mid-Columbia Medical Center has joined Adventist Health

June 1, 2023

Transaction Involving: Faith-Based, Non-profit 501(c)3,

Assigment: Member Substitution

Mid-Columbia Medical Center Joins Adventist Health.

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has joined a member of We advised Genesis Health System on this transaction.
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has joined a member of We advised Genesis Health System on this transaction.

Genesis Health System has joined MercyOne

March 3, 2023

Transaction Involving: Non-profit 501(c)3

Assigment: Member Substitution

Genesis Health System and MercyOne Complete Partnership.

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has joined We advised Olathe Health on this transaction.
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has joined We advised Olathe Health on this transaction.

Olathe Health has joined The University of Kansas Health System

January 5, 2023

Transaction Involving: Academic, Non-profit 501(c)3,

Assigment: Member Substitution

Olathe Health has joined The University of Kansas Health System.

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in partnership with has acquired three hospitals from We advised LCMC Health on this transaction.
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in partnership with has acquired three hospitals from We advised LCMC Health on this transaction.

LCMC Health partners with Tulane University in New Orleans, LA

January 3, 2023

Transaction Involving: Academic, Non-profit 501(c)3,

Assigment: Asset Purchase

LCMC Health, in partnership with Tulane University, has acquired three hospitals from HCA Healthcare.

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has merged to join We advised University of the Sciences on this transaction.
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has merged to join We advised University of the Sciences on this transaction.

University of the Sciences has joined St. Joseph’s University

June 1, 2022

Transaction Involving: Academic, Non-profit 501(c)3,

Assigment: Member Substitution Merger, Consolidation

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, PA joined St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA.

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has sold its 50% interest in to We advised Temple University on this transaction.
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has sold its 50% interest in to We advised Temple University on this transaction.

Temple University in Philadelphia, PA

November 4, 2021

Transaction Involving: Academic

Assigment: Purchased Interest

Temple University in Philadelphia has divested its 50% ownership stake in Health Partners Plans (HPP) to Jefferson Health. HPP is a non-profit hospital-owned Medicare and Medicaid Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) covering 290,000 lives in Eastern-Pennsylvania. The transaction was valued at $305 million.

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has joined We advised National Health Investors, Inc. on this transaction.
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has joined We advised National Health Investors, Inc. on this transaction.

Kentucky River in Jackson, KY

November 4, 2021

Transaction Involving: Investor-owned

Assigment: Asset Purchase

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI), a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has divested Kentucky River Medical Center in Jackson, KY to Quorum Health. This was NHI’s sole acute care hospital, and the transaction reflects a portfolio management strategy to focus on core business operations.

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evaluates growth opportunities We advised both Natividad and the County on this project
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evaluates growth opportunities We advised both Natividad and the County on this project

Monterey County’s Natividad Medical Center explores strategic growth opportunities

July 10, 2021

Transaction Involving: Local Government, Non-profit 501(c)3,

Assigment: Lease Strategic Advisory

Monterey County’s Natividad Medical center explores strategic growth opportunities in an aim to bridge health inequity.

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has merged to join We advised Illinois Valley on this transaction.
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has merged to join We advised Illinois Valley on this transaction.

Illinois Valley Community Hospital has joined St. Margaret’s Health

January 8, 2021

Transaction Involving: Faith-Based, Non-profit 501(c)3,

Assigment: Member Substitution

Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru, IL joined St. Margaret’s Health in Spring Valley, IL, a member of SMP Health System.

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announced acquisition, did not close We advised Beaumont Health on this transaction.
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announced acquisition, did not close We advised Beaumont Health on this transaction.

Beaumont Health announced acquisition of Summa Health

September 1, 2020

Transaction Involving: Non-profit 501(c)3

Assigment: Acquisition

Beaumont Health announced the acquisition of Summa Health but did not close. We advised Beaumont Health on this transaction.

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Our Approach & Services

Our job is to help clients identify partnership opportunities and evaluate whether a transaction will better position the organization to meet its mission. Our track record is unrivaled in helping clients realize their missions.

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Hospital M&A

Our team is recognized for having adapted corporate merger and acquisition practices and discipline for the not-for-profit hospital industry. We have worked with all types of nonprofit hospital owners including...

Partnerships & Affiliations

Transactions where no ownership has changed include Joint Operating Agreements, Management Agreements, clinical affiliations (both operational and contracting), purchasing groups, information technology consortiums, back-office partnerships and many other forms of...

Independence Assessments

We focus on empowering hospitals and boards with the knowledge and insights necessary for making informed decisions based on real world input.  A little over half of our clients decide...

Joint Ventures

Juniper leads the industry in the use of joint ventures to create value, improve quality and increase access. We have achieved many “first-in-industry” joint ventures for our clients and are...

Non-Acute Services

We have significant experience with managed care plans, behavioral health, physician groups, senior living, intellectual and developmental disability services, ambulatory surgery centers, medical office buildings, dialysis, and numerous other areas....

Higher Education

The higher education industry is facing unprecedented stress with emerging signs of a restructuring. Juniper helps our clients assess their situations within this changing environment and position themselves for success...

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