Ms. Bushart leads financial strategy and operational alignment for Ochsner Health, guiding the system’s financial health and the resources needed to deliver care across its communities. She manages strategic planning, system budgeting and financial analysis, working closely with teams across the organization to bridge finance and clinical operations. Ms. Bushart is a GE finance fellow, an active American Medical Group Association CFO council member, and Lean and Six Sigma trained. Before her current role, she served Ochsner Health as vice president of finance and regional CFO for the South Shore and Bayou regions, and earlier as vice president of finance and CFO for the Baton Rouge region. Earlier in her career, Ms. Bushart held CFO and market CFO roles with Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems/Health Management Associates and Health Management Associates, including at Milton, Fla.-based Santa Rosa Medical Center. He has also served as controller and business office manager at Harahan, La.-based River Oaks Health System. According to U.S. News and World Report, Ochsner has ranked the No. 1 hospital in Louisiana for 14 consecutive years, and its accountable care network ranked No. 3 of 476 ACOs nationwide for care coordination based on 2024 CMS data.
