Eric I. Naggar is a manager with Manatt Health who advises hospitals, health systems, healthcare providers, and public-sector stakeholders on regulatory, financing, policy, and operational matters involving capital investment, infrastructure, and health system transformation. He focuses on helping safety-net institutions and other mission-driven providers navigate resource constraints, evolving government requirements, and complex public funding environments.

Eric works with executive leaders, facilities teams, finance professionals, and legal counsel to align capital planning and project delivery with organizational, clinical, and community health priorities. He advises clients on Medicaid policy and reimbursement, public-sector financing, government contracting, competitive procurements, and New York State Certificate of Need and licensing matters. By translating regulatory, contractual, procurement, and funding requirements into practical strategies, he helps healthcare institutions address governmental challenges, advance priority initiatives, maintain compliance, and promote long-term sustainability.

His experience spans federal, state, and local funding and financing programs, including competitive applications, project narratives and budgets, contract implementation, compliance, reporting, and responses to agency inquiries. Before joining Manatt Health, Eric was a litigation paralegal and construction specialist supporting complex infrastructure and construction disputes. He developed experience in project management and claims, government contracting, dispute analysis, and public-sector participation and compliance requirements. This background enables him to integrate legal, financial, regulatory, governmental, and operational considerations in capital-intensive healthcare settings.

Eric brings a detail-oriented, analytical, and pragmatic approach to client service, with an emphasis on accuracy, risk mitigation, effective execution, and clear guidance for senior leaders. He is based in Manatt’s New York City office.