Mark Manigan is a member of Brach Eichler's Health Law Practice Group and the firm's Executive Committee. He has a regional practice focused on the representation of health care industry participants on transactional and regulatory matters. Mark serves a wide spectrum of health care clients, including ambulatory care facilities, hospitals, physician groups, long-term care facilities, real estate operators and health care entrepreneurs. In addition, Mark serves as general counsel for many closely-held health care related businesses and has been retained as special health care counsel by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Trustee.

 

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Mark provides representation to health care businesses on formation issues, strategic planning, sales, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, dissolutions and general corporate matters. He also counsels clients on structuring joint ventures and other relationships among industry players, project financing and structuring and negotiating complex health care transactions. Mark spends a significant amount of time helping clients navigate their way through an excessively regulated environment. He advises industry participants on anti-kickback and self-referral rules and regulations at both the federal and state level, payment and reimbursement matters, state and federal license and certification issues, professional licensing board rules and general corporate compliance.

ADDITIONAL NOTEWORTHY INFORMATION

Mark has developed particular proficiency in all facets of the ambulatory surgical center (ASC) business. In this regard, Mark counsels physicians and non-physician investors in the "de novo" development of ASCs, as well as the sale and acquisition of existing centers. He is experienced in the syndication of ASC equity interests to physician investors, the termination of existing owners, negotiating management and development agreements with ASC development companies and advising ASCs on reimbursement issues and managed care contracting.

Mark has been named to then Governor-Elect Chris Christie's Transition Team, serving on the Team's health care subcommittee. He was also recently selected by the chairman of the New Jersey State Assembly Financial Institution and Insurance Committee, Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), to serve on a working group analyzing out-of-network health insurance issues.  Mark served as a panelist at the New Jersey: State of the State 2011 - Revitalizing Our Economy conference, presented by the Council on State Public Affairs, which promotes conversation on New Jersey public policy. He moderated the discussion "Healthcare in New Jersey: Who Wiill Pay the Bill?".

Mark has been cited as an authority on health law in several publications, including the Philadelphia Inquirer, Outpatient Surgery Magazine, The New Jersey Business Journal, Physician's News Digest, Becker ASC Review, Real Estate Weekly, The Record, Estate Planning Review, The Star-Ledger, Endo Economics and AM/News.

For the second year in a row, Mark was among NJBIZ's 2011 "Power 50 Health Care."  The only healthcare lawyer on the list, Manigan was described as an advocate who "remains respected on both sides of the aisle."  He has been described as a leading advocate for health care providers looking for a better deal from insurers...helped shape legislation on hot-button issues like ambulatory surgery centers and payments to out-of-network providers. As further testament to Mark Manigan's commitment to his clients, he has been named one of the "Forty Under 40" by both the New Jersey Law Journal and the New Jersey Business Journal. Mark has also been selected by his peers every year since 2006 as a New Jersey Super Lawyer, Rising Star, an honor bestowed on no more than 2.5% of New Jersey lawyers.