West Orange, NJ, November, 2020 – President and Chief Executive Officer of RWJBarnabas Health Barry H. Ostrowsky has announced the promotion of Mark E. Manigan to Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer.
“Mark has distinguished himself on the strategy front since joining the system last year,” said Mr. Ostrowsky. His significant experience in corporate and regulatory matters, as well as his fluency in issues vital to the industry, will continue to expertly drive our system’s growth and progress.” Mr.Manigan reports directly to Mr. Ostrowsky.
Mr. Manigan will continue to lead RWJBarnabas Health’s business development function. In his expanded role, he will be responsible for the evolution of the system’s strategic plan. Further, in order to optimize integration and performance, Mr. Manigan’s oversight of RWJBarnabas Health’s ambulatory businesses will be enhanced to include a reorganization of these assets into an Ambulatory Services Division. Mr. Manigan is also charged with ensuring that key transactions and business activities remain inextricably linked to system strategy.
Mr. Manigan will also serve on a newly-formed Strategic Council, created to ensure that RWJBarnabas Health dedicates resources to the activities that are most critical to strategic advances.
Mr. Manigan joined RWJBarnabas Health as Executive Vice President, Business Development in 2019 from the Health Law Practice of Brach Eichler, a law firm based in Roseland, NJ. He advised a wide spectrum of health care clients providing representation to health care businesses on strategic planning, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, dissolutions and general corporate matters. Mr. Manigan has been consistently sought by public and private stakeholders for advice on health care policy issues and industry trends. He served on both Governor Phil Murphy’s and Governor Chris Christie’s Transition Teams. Mr. Manigan graduated from Bucknell University and Seton Hall University School of Law, and is admitted to practice law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. He is a resident of Maplewood, New Jerey.
About RWJBarnabas Health
RWJBarnabas Health is the largest, most comprehensive academic health care system in New Jersey, with a service area covering nine counties with five million people. The system includes eleven acute care hospitals; three acute care children’s hospitals and a leading pediatric rehabilitation hospital with a network of outpatient centers, a freestanding 100-bed behavioral health center, two trauma centers, a satellite emergency department, ambulatory care centers, geriatric centers, the state’s largest behavioral health network, comprehensive home care and hospice programs, fitness and wellness centers, retail pharmacy services, a medical group, multi-site imaging centers and an accountable care organization. In meeting its mission of creating healthier communities, RWJBarnabas Health seeks to address the clinical and social determinants of health, improve health outcomes, promote health equity, and eliminate health care disparities.
RWJBarnabas Health is in partnership with Rutgers University to create New Jersey’s largest academic health care system. The collaboration will align RWJBarnabas Health with Rutgers’ education, research and clinical activities, including those at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey - the state's only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center - and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care. To learn more, please visit www.rwjbh.org.