Ms. Opsut provides executive leadership with full accountability for the performance of Carondelet Health Network–St. Mary’s Hospital, including operations, quality, patient safety, financial results, growth strategy and regulatory compliance. She oversees daily operations across the acute care hospital, a freestanding emergency department and medical office buildings, directing large multidisciplinary teams that include physicians, providers, leaders, employees and union staff. Ms. Opsut manages complex physician relationships and contracts across hospitalists, intensivists, anesthesia, cardiology and specialty service lines, and leads negotiations for joint ventures, payer contracts and key partnerships. She has delivered year-over-year growth in admissions, surgical volume, emergency department utilization and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, even in competitive markets. She has also led organizations through periods of operational risk, including near-immediate-jeopardy quality status and major physician contract transitions, ultimately resulting in top-decile outcomes and repeated accreditation success. She has aligned physicians and staff around strategic service lines such as cardiovascular, neuro-interventional, robotics, spine and orthopedics, and has directed major capital projects from planning and funding through construction and operational integration. Ms. Opsut’s leadership has earned recognition including patient safety awards and Leapfrog “A” ratings. She previously served as CEO of HCA Healthcare’s Alaska Regional in Anchorage, and as COO at Alaska Regional and West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho.
