Hospitals & Health Systems

Ziegler is pleased to announce the successful closing of the bond issue for the Wadena Cancer Center. This milestone achievement marks a significant step forward in advancing healthcare service and accessibility in central Minnesota. The Wadena Cancer Center is jointly operated by Astera Health CentraCare Health and located on Astera Health’s main campus.

Ziegler served as exclusive financial advisor to Essex Management on the sale to Emmes, a global, full-service Clinical Research Organization and portfolio company of New Mountain Capital. Essex’s bioinformatics technology expertise, combined with Emmes’ CRO services, will open doors to new opportunities with a wider set of government agencies and create innovative data strategies for their biopharma clients.

Ziegler is pleased to announce its role as exclusive financial advisor to Streamline Healthcare Solutions, a leading behavioral health electronic health records software platform, on its strategic investment and recapitalization with Gauge Capital. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Oak Brook, IL, Streamline primarily serves behavioral health providers and state and local departments of health.

Ziegler’s telehealth experts have recently released Part IV of their industry white paper, Deconstructing the Telehealth Industry. Version IV provides a comprehensive review of key virtual care service areas, including patient navigation, workforce optimization, remote monitoring, behavioral health and decentralized clinical trials.

Ziegler is pleased to announce its role as exclusive financial advisor to Tri-Valley Medical Group on an investment from Webster Equity Partners. Tri-Valley is a highly innovative physician platform that provides primary care and population health management services to senior and commercial members in Southern CA. Webster’s investment will serve to further accelerate the company’s highly attractive growth opportunities.

Ziegler is pleased to announce its role in advising CareConnectMD, a Costa Mesa, Calif. provider of primary care coordination services, on its $25 million financing round led by Minneapolis-based TT Capital Partners. CareConnectMD will leverage the investment to deepen its presence in California, Ohio and Texas and expand into other markets—and to enhance its technology platform to scale and streamline care delivery.

Andrew Colbert, Senior Managing Director, Ziegler Healthcare Corporate Finance, recently joined in on the Becker's Healthcare podcast. Andy discussed the driving forces behind the recent uptick in private practice orthopedic acquisitions & how this may affect industry consolidation. Click the link below for the full podcast:

The municipal bond market was virtually drama free throughout 2021. Following the overall municipal market’s footprints, the healthcare bond market was very attractive for borrowers as well. Our Healthcare Year in Review recaps last year’s markets and touches on current market conditions and what they might mean for interest rates in 2022.

We believe providing median ratios stratified by revenue gives hospitals and health systems a more accurate means for benchmarking and comparative analysis. In the second installment of the Ziegler Not-For-Profit Healthcare Medians, our goal continues to be the same: to provide an analytical tool that creates transparency and enhances benchmarking capabilities for hospitals and health systems.

Ziegler is pleased to announce the publication of its new white paper, “Not-For-Profit Healthcare Ziegler 2020 Median Ratios” authored by John Hanley, Senior Managing Director and Practice Head, as well as Kemp DeMarais, Associate, in Ziegler’s Healthcare Finance Practice. The goal of this third annual publication is to provide an analytical tool that creates transparency and enhances benchmarking capabilities for hospitals and health systems.