Health Care 2025: MANNIX, DR. MARY N.

Following its mission to promote the health of its Shenandoah Valley community, Augusta Health, which Mannix has led since 2008, launched its mobile medical unit to help expand access to primary medical care in April.

Mannix oversees roughly 2,400 employees (as of 2023) who work at the community-owned hospital, family practices and other outpatient facilities. The health system has expanded over the past year, with Shenandoah Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Rockingham Family Physicians joining the Augusta Medical Group.

After beginning her career as a surgical intensive care nurse at the University of Rochester, Mannix moved to health care management. She spent nearly two decades working for the Pennsylvania-based Guthrie Clinic, leaving in 2007 as president and chief operating officer of the Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital.

Mannix sits on the boards of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association and the Shenandoah Valley Partnership.

In July, during a congressional debate over cuts to Medicaid proposed in a federal budget bill, Mannix said in an interview with WHSV that about 70% of her health system’s patients rely on Medicare or Medicaid, which will cause a decrease in revenue for Augusta Health.

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