John Johnston

John leads the provider advisory practice of Optum Advisory Services. In this role, he oversees our consulting work with health systems, medical groups and other provider entities. This work covers strategy, cost, operations, revenue cycle, provider engagement and technology terrains. John previously led the Optum Health System Performance Improvement consulting practice. This multidisciplinary team works with health systems to achieve operational efficiency, best-practice care delivery and sustainable financial performance.

John's work focuses on transforming an organization’s cost structure and care model, including reducing the total cost of hospital care, driving non-hospital value and advancing system integration.

Prior to joining Optum, John was a senior consulting leader with Advisory Board. He was also a senior executive with Quorum Health Resources. He held executive leadership roles at Premier Inc. and financial leadership positions at two community hospital systems.

John is a CPA and holds a Master of Healthcare Administration from Trinity University. He also has a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Carson-Newman University.