Episode 241

Building Healthcare’s Benefits Infrastructure with Jason Bornhorst

Published on: 26th June, 2023

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Episode Overview: 

During this episode, we spend time with Jason Bornhorst, the Co-Founder, and CEO of First Dollar, a groundbreaking company revolutionizing the healthcare benefits industry. 

While together, Jason shares his passion for making healthcare work seamlessly and the determination he and his team has to simplify consumer-focused healthcare payments using innovative technology. 

Additionally, Jason outlines the importance of identifying and understanding the pain points entrepreneurs should aim to solve, which led to Jason sharing the inspiring backstory of First Dollar's founding team and their unwavering determination to fundamentally transform the way benefits are bought and sold, creating a better solution for individuals in need of a health wallet. 

Join us as we explore how Jason and the First Dollar team are building healthcare’s benefits infrastructure. Let’s go!

Episode Highlights:

  • Importance of falling in love with the pain that entrepreneurs want to solve before crafting a solution
  • Backstory of First Dollar's founding team and their mission to simplify consumer-focused healthcare payments
  • First Dollar's approach to improving the healthcare benefits industry through technology
  • Trends toward preventative care in health plans' benefit offerings

   

About our Guest: 

Jason Bornhorst is the Co-Founder and CEO of First Dollar, a technology company that builds healthcare benefits infrastructure. Bornhorst is a successful repeat founder passionate about making healthcare work like it should. His previous company, care coordination platform PatientIO, was sold to athenahealth in 2016.

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