Mr. Ortmyer serves as president of two critical access hospitals, providing oversight of inpatient and outpatient operations across rural communities in New York and Vermont. He led the integration of the hospitals into a shared operational and leadership model, reducing administrative redundancy while preserving local identity. Under his direction, lean methodologies and high-reliability principles were implemented, driving efficiency, safety and workforce engagement. Elizabethtown Community Hospital secured a $5.4 million state transformation grant to expand ambulatory rehabilitation services, while the Ticonderoga campus evolved into a “medical village” supported by a $9.1 million grant. Mr. Ortmyer also championed telehealth expansion, including telestroke and specialty consult programs integrated with the Epic EHR. His leadership has delivered emergency department wait times under 120 minutes, a left-without-being-seen rate below 1%, and top-quartile Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems performance, earning a Press Ganey “Guardian of Excellence Award.”
