Business Beat: Abe Cohen new VP of Business Development for RI, Marquis Health Consulting

Marquis Health Consulting Services has appointed Abe Cohen, a health care development and strategy executive, as Vice President of Business Development for Rhode Island.

Cohen has more than a decade of experience in the long-term care industry, beginning with administrative roles in skilled nursing facilities and, more recently, leveraging those skills and knowledge in leading business development initiatives for health care providers.  He has developed collaborative relationships with health care providers to further enhance the continuum of patient care.

“With his energy and combination of operational and Business development experience in the skilled nursing profession, Abe will have an important impact on the strategic growth of our organization in Rhode Island,” said Sharon Donaghue, New England Division President for Marquis Health Consulting Services.

Cohen will lead business development initiatives for seven skilled nursing facilities in Rhode Island that are supported by Marquis Health Consulting Services:

• Bayview Rehabilitation at Scalabrini in North Kingstown
• Elmhurst Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Providence
• Heritage Hills Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Smithfield
• Lincolnwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in North Providence
• Morgan Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Johnston
• Riverview Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Coventry
• Westerly Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Westerly

“I am excited to join the Marquis Health Consulting Services team and look forward to collaborating with hospitals and community health care partners throughout the region,” Cohen said.  “The Rhode Island centers supported by Marquis provide high quality care to local residents and I am eager to build new relationships with other quality providers in the state’s health care ecosystem.”

Prior to joining Marquis Health, Cohen served as the chief marketing and Business development officer for a skilled nursing facility operator based in New Jersey.  He previously served as chief marketing officer for a boutique Health care marketing firm serving skilled nursing facilities nationwide.

Cohen received a bachelor’s degree from Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael in Brooklyn, N.Y., and an associate’s degree in hospital and health care facilities administration from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.  He successfully completed the New York State Department of Health licensure program for nursing home administrators.

About Marquis Health Consulting Services

Brick, N.J.-based Marquis Health Consulting Services provides administrative and consulting services to skilled nursing facilities and senior housing communities along the Eastern Seaboard.  The organization’s operational guidance enables its client facilities to overachieve their quality and customer service goals by embracing a progressive, multi-specialty approach to Health care.