Health Payment Accounts (HPA) with Paytient CEO - Brian Whorley

Health Payment Accounts (HPA) with Paytient CEO - Brian Whorley

Welcome to Self-Funded with Spencer, where we dive into the world of healthcare and explore ways to make healthcare coverage more accessible and effortless for everyone.

In this episode, Spencer Smith welcomes Brian Whorley, CEO and founder of Paytient. Brian is creating a new category for health payment accounts that helps remove the impediment of out-of-pocket costs for patients. Together they discuss the importance of creating a feeling of security, peace of mind, and confidence in the form of a Visa card for health plan members.

Throughout the podcast, Spencer and Brian cover a range of topics, from the importance of empathy and considering patient needs to the impact of removing barriers to healthcare consumption.

They delve into Paytient's product experience that allows employers to offer medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, and veterinary expense repayment options to employees, enabling them to make tax-advantaged payments for eligible transactions.

In this episode, you'll also hear about Brian's previous venture, "Big Tree," and the journey that led to the creation of Paytient. Spencer and Brian discuss the various decisions and policies that shape a patient's healthcare journey, and how Paytient is working to make healthcare accessible and affordable through a frictionless and effortless system.

Get ready to be inspired by a team focused on creating real-world solutions to a real-world problem. Tune in to Self-Funded with Spencer to learn more about how Paytient is making healthcare better for everyone, regardless of their situation.

Timestamps:

[00:00:09] Pareto Health and Paytient's Benefit Solutions

[00:03:13] Guest's Work Experience & Passion in Healthcare Industry

[00:06:55] The Importance of Empathy in Patient Care

[00:10:33] Innovative Food Platform and Entrepreneurial Lessons

[00:13:23] Name badge payments for workplace expenses

[00:16:17] Paying for healthcare challenges and credit card solution

[00:19:52] Introducing Patient: An Innovative Payment Card Solution

[00:23:29] Flexible Employee Benefits Platform

[00:26:55] Equitable Health Plan ROI

[00:30:24] Accessible Healthcare Payments for Better Outcomes

[00:33:35] Improving healthcare accessibility and quality

[00:37:24] Improving Future Healthcare through Innovation

[00:41:11] The Future of Frictionless Healthcare

[00:44:32] The Future of Retirement and Healthcare

[00:47:59] Public Catastrophic Plan for Healthcare

[00:51:34] Working with consultants and brokers in healthcare

Quotes:

"And so that's what motivated me, like, every single day of of how do we serve others?"

" I love building things or creating things and kinda going from 0 to 1...Or trying to make things that exist a little bit better. And so that's kind of core to my DNA, what I enjoy doing."

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