Built for healthcare.
Focused on what matters.
Opus Health gives independent hospitals and health systems the operational capabilities of a much larger system — without giving up their independence.
Why We Exist
The financial pressures facing independent healthcare organizations aren’t new. What’s new is the pace and the stakes.
Margins are being compressed by reimbursement changes. Technology is advancing faster than any single organization can adopt it. The default answer — consolidation — means surrendering the independence that community hospitals exist to preserve.
Opus Health was founded in 2025 with a different answer. We are a Cleveland-based, female-owned, technology-enabled managed services company built to serve independent and community health systems — in the midwest first, then nationally. Our conviction: independent healthcare organizations perform best when they have the operational infrastructure to back up their mission. They shouldn’t have to build it alone.
Our Approach
Core operational functions perform best when they are aligned, not siloed — and when the people and technology supporting them are accountable for outcomes, not just activity.
We built a consortium model: rather than serving organizations one at a time, we bring independent hospitals into a shared platform — giving each member access to consortium-scale technology and expertise while preserving their independence and governance.
Our strategic alliance with enGen — the proven administrative operating company behind Allegheny Health Network and Highmark BCBS — gives the consortium access to global operational capacity validated at scale. Our technology roadmap includes AI-powered data processing and agentic workflow automation that will continue expanding what the platform delivers over time.
Our Strategic Partnerships
At Opus Health, our strategic alliances, including our collaboration with enGen, enable us to deliver scalable, efficient, and innovative healthcare management solutions. These partnerships help us provide reliable services like revenue cycle management, EHR management, and cybersecurity, ensuring our clients achieve optimal operational performance and improved patient care.
Automation Anywhere is the leading platform to modernize platforms and operations. From basic RPA through agentic AI, the partnership with Automation Anywhere means the Opus Health Consortium gets access to the best and only pays for what they use as-a-service.
enGen is a global administrative operations company built by the Alleghany Health Network and Highmark BCBS to give them a strategic advantage. The partnership with Opus Health means that this proven global operation is unlocked to deliver value to providers through the Opus Health consortium.
What Makes Us Different
- Consortium model — members share technology and infrastructure; none bear the full cost alone
- Integrated delivery — administrative functions as a connected system, not isolated silos
- Shared risk — compensation tied to outcomes we commit to in writing
- People-first transition — your staff come with us, rather than being replaced
- Ohio-built — headquartered in Cleveland, committed to the communities we serve here
Our Team
Julie Jacono | Founder & CEO
Julie Jacono has spent more than 30 years inside the healthcare institutions Opus Health serves. As former EVP and Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at The MetroHealth System and CEO of JumpStart Inc., Ohio's nationally recognized venture development organization, she brings rare depth as both a health system operator and a company builder. She founded Opus Health to solve a problem she watched unfold from the inside — and built it from concept to capitalized operating company in 12 months.
Dr. Mihir Patel, MD | Strategic Advisor — Clinical Technology
Dr. Mihir Patel is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon at OrthoIndy with more than 25 years of clinical experience in foot, ankle, and sports medicine. Beyond his surgical practice, he serves as Chief Visionary Officer at Ospitek, an AI company transforming surgical center operations, and advises multiple healthcare technology venture funds. At Opus Health, Dr. Patel leads EMR platform relationship strategy and brings the clinical credibility and physician network that no financial advisor can replicate.
Karim Botros | Strategic Advisor — Healthcare Investment & Strategy
Karim Botros is a healthcare investor, former health system executive, and repeat entrepreneur with direct experience on both sides of the hospital transformation equation. He currently serves as Managing Director at Abundant Venture Partners and previously served as Managing Partner at Echo Health Ventures and Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at The MetroHealth System — the same organization where Opus founder Julie Jacono served as EVP. With three business exits, 15+ years of venture capital experience, and deep hospital C-suite relationships, Karim brings both the investment thesis and the operational context to validate and accelerate the Opus model.
Brenda Kirk | Strategic Advisor — Technology & Product
Brenda Kirk is one of Northeast Ohio's most accomplished enterprise technology executives, having spent 19 years at Hyland Software rising to EVP and Chief Product & Strategy Officer — where she led the modernization of a 25-year-old flagship platform, integrated 13 acquisitions, and helped grow the company from 120 to over 3,400 employees globally. She subsequently served as EVP and CIO for Commercial Bank and Enterprise Payments at KeyBank, overseeing technology for one of the most operationally complex divisions in U.S. banking. She also served as Chair of the MetroHealth Foundation Board, connecting her deeply to the mission Opus serves.
Shawn Beals, CFA | Strategic Advisor — Business Development & Finance
Shawn Beals is a CFA-credentialed healthcare executive with entrepreneurial, investment, and large-enterprise experience spanning the full arc of healthcare technology. He built and led the largest pure-play application service provider in healthcare, raising $85 million in venture capital, and served as a buy-side institutional investor on a top-performing $1.2 billion healthcare fund. At Siemens Healthineers, where he currently serves as VP and GM of Healthcare Digital Operations for the Americas, he served as CFO of the $400 million clinical EMR business unit and achieved record growth across multiple commercial roles.
Kathy Blessinger | Financial Controller
Kathy Blessinger brings more than 20 years of healthcare finance leadership to Opus Health, with experience overseeing $1B+ campus transformation projects and $560M bond sale due diligence. Recognized by Crain's Cleveland Business, she provides Opus with investor-grade financial controls and reporting from day one.
Larry Jenko | People and Transition Leader
Larry Jenko specializes in operational transitions for healthcare organizations, with prior leadership roles as VP of Operations at Clearwater and VP of Operations & Account Management at HMA. His deep expertise in large-scale healthcare transitions makes him a critical resource for Opus's staff rebadging and workforce integration model.
Sonja Rajki | General Counsel
Sonja Rajki is a healthcare attorney with extensive experience in hospital law, compliance, M&A, joint ventures, and organizational formation. Most recently Co-General Counsel at a safety-net hospital system and formerly a partner at a Cleveland-based healthcare law firm, she provides Opus with legal coverage across the two most complex dimensions of its model: hospital contracting and consortium governance.
Lisa Willoughby | Strategic Advisor — Customer Experience & Operations
Lisa Willoughby is an executive leader with 25+ years of experience transforming contact center operations and customer experience into measurable business results. She has led enterprise-wide initiatives across global organizations — deploying AI-driven learning strategies, building scalable performance frameworks, and driving large-scale operational transformations. With deep roots in healthcare, call centers and complex service environments, Lisa brings a pragmatic, data-driven approach to innovation that is directly applicable to Opus's frontline workforce and operational delivery model.
Our Mission
To give independent healthcare organizations the operational infrastructure to remain independent — with better performance, greater efficiency, and more capacity for care.
Contact Us
Let's build a stronger operational foundation.
Start with a conversation. Tell us what you’re dealing with, and we’ll give you a direct, honest assessment of whether the Opus Health consortium is the right fit — and exactly what it would mean for your organization.
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