A.G. Breitenstein's guest appearances

A.G. Breitenstein

Relentless Health Value™

PRIDE

Day Zero

Brandon Weber

Kyle Samani

David Smith

James Van Praagh

Michael Hunt

Todrick Hall

John Glaser

Andreessen Horowitz

Vicky Vox

Daphne Koller

Marty Makary

Mike Rea

Ryan O'Connell

Laura Adams

Erik Davis

OwlTail

Meet A.G. Breitenstein, J.D., MPH:A.G. Breitenstein, J.D., MPH is the Founder and Executive Chair of FOLX Health, a virtual-first health platform specifically for LGBTQ+ patients. She is also a board member for WellSky. Previously, she was a Partner and Co-founder at Optum Ventures, and the Chief Product Officer of Optum Analytics at Optum. She also founded Humedica, the Institute for Health Metrics, and PriviaSource. She received a Bachelor’s degree in History from Yale, a J.D. from the University of Connecticut, and an MPH from Harvard University. Key Insights:A.G. Breitenstein was looking to make change in healthcare at a system’s level when she caught the entrepreneur bug. Structural Inefficiencies. Healthcare has big structural inefficiencies, but there are many factors that keep those inefficiencies in place. One person’s inefficiency is another person’s revenue stream. Entrepreneurs must understand the context of the ecosystem and have the acute knowledge of the walls they might hit. Once they reach scale, they can knock those walls down. (15:02)Building a Brand. A.G. shares that FOLX Health was intentional about branding. They wanted patients to like the packaging, the feel of the organization, and feel that the brand represented them as people in the world.Healthcare rarely focuses on brand development, which A.G. sees as a missed opportunity. (20:14)Advice for Young Entrepreneurs. Be obsessive about learning; even on your best days you will mostly be wrong. Understand the context of the healthcare ecosystem, because most often the best solutions come from inside the system. Lastly, engage and build with your patient communities. (28:21)This episode is hosted by Lynne Chou O’Keefe. She is a member of the Advisory Council for Day Zero and is the Founder and Managing Partner of Define Ventures.Relevant Links:Learn more about FOLX HealthFOLX Health was named one of the Time 100 Most Influential Companies of 2022Read “With Telehealth Platform, Folx, A.G. Breitenstein Aims To Revolutionize Queer Healthcare” By Forbes

Meet A.G. Breitenstein, J.D., MPH:A.G. Breitenstein, J.D., MPH is the Founder and Executive Chair of FOLX Health, a virtual-first health platform specifically for LGBTQ+ patients. She is also a board member for WellSky. Previously, she was a Partner and Co-founder at Optum Ventures, and the Chief Product Officer of Optum Analytics at Optum. She also founded Humedica, the Institute for Health Metrics, and PriviaSource. She received a Bachelor’s degree in History from Yale, a J.D. from the University of Connecticut, and an MPH from Harvard University. Key Insights:A.G. Breitenstein was looking to make change in healthcare at a system’s level when she caught the entrepreneur bug. <ul><li>Structural Inefficiencies. Healthcare has big structural inefficiencies, but there are many factors that keep those inefficiencies in place. One person’s inefficiency is another person’s revenue stream. Entrepreneurs must understand the context of the ecosystem and have the acute knowledge of the walls they might hit. Once they reach scale, they can knock those walls down. (15:02)</li><li>Building a Brand. A.G. shares that FOLX Health was intentional about branding. They wanted patients to like the packaging, the feel of the organization, and feel that the brand represented them as people in the world.Healthcare rarely focuses on brand development, which A.G. sees as a missed opportunity. (20:14)</li><li>Advice for Young Entrepreneurs. Be obsessive about learning; even on your best days you will mostly be wrong. Understand the context of the healthcare ecosystem, because most often the best solutions come from inside the system. Lastly, engage and build with your patient communities. (28:21)</li></ul>This episode is hosted by Lynne Chou O’Keefe. She is a member of the Advisory Council for Day Zero and is the Founder and Managing Partner of Define Ventures.Relevant Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.folxhealth.com/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=BRANDED&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwp7eUBhBeEiwAZbHwkRb33wWT9jYZzoJv0rS0cSyoGDJCMuxbd0aWXaRvYvAd-2pkbpGS5xoCRpsQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more about FOLX Health</a></li><li><a href="https://time.com/collection/time100-companies-2022/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FOLX Health was named one of the Time 100 Most Influential Companies of 2022</a></li><li><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollysprayregen/2021/01/21/with-telehealth-platform-folx-ag-breitenstein-aims-to-revolutionize-queer-healthcare/?sh=74c565d06a28" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read “With Telehealth Platform, Folx, A.G. Breitenstein Aims To Revolutionize Queer Healthcare” By Forbes</a></li></ul>

36: As Goes the Patient, So Goes the Money, with A.G. Breitenstein, J.D., MPH, Founder and CEO of Folx Health

Finding health care as a queer individual can be terrifying. Sometimes it can feel impossible. The system is often ignorant to the LGBTQ community. And any queer-competent healthcare providers can be hours away by drive or months away by appointment. That’s why A.G. Breitenstein sought to make healthcare accessible. She’s had first-hand experience with poor medical care and knew there had to be a better way. So she started Folx Health, the first digital-native health platform designed specifically for the queer community.Be sure to follow FOLX Health on IG!Your host is Levi Chambers, co-founder of Gayety.Follow the show and keep up with the conversation @Pride.Want more great shows from Straw Hut Media? Check out or website at strawhutmedia.com.Your producers are Levi Chambers, Maggie Boles, Ryan Tillotson and Edited by Sebastian AlcalaHave an interesting LGBTQ+ story to share? We might feature U! Email us at lgbtq@strawhutmedia.com.*This podcast is not affiliated with Pride Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finding health care as a queer individual can be terrifying. Sometimes it can feel impossible. The system is often ignorant to the LGBTQ community. And any queer-competent healthcare providers can be hours away by drive or months away by appointment. That’s why A.G. Breitenstein sought to make healthcare accessible. She’s had first-hand experience with poor medical care and knew there had to be a better way. So she started Folx Health, the first digital-native health platform designed specifically for the queer community. Be sure to follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/folxhealth/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FOLX Health</a> on IG!Your host is<a href="https://www.instagram.com/levichambers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Levi Chambers</a>, co-founder of<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gayety/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Gayety.</a>Follow the show and keep up with the conversation<a href="https://www.instagram.com/pride/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> @Pride</a>.Want more great shows from<a href="https://www.instagram.com/strawhutmedia/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Straw Hut Media</a>? Check out or website at<a href="https://www.strawhutmedia.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> strawhutmedia.com.</a>Your producers are<a href="https://www.instagram.com/levichambers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Levi Chambers</a>,<a href="https://www.instagram.com/slothtopus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Maggie Boles</a>,<a href="http://www.instagram.com/ryantillotson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Ryan Tillotson</a> and Edited by<a href="https://www.instagram.com/selinabastian_meyer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sebastian Alcala</a>Have an interesting LGBTQ+ story to share? We might feature U! Email us at lgbtq@strawhutmedia.com.*This podcast is not affiliated with Pride Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

LGBTQ Healthcare w/ A.G. Breitenstein

A.G. is a partner at Optum Ventures. She was most recently the co-founder and chief product officer at Humedica, one of the earliest big-data analytics companies in health care. Following its acquisition by Optum, she became chief product officer at Optum Analytics. She began her career as an attorney, founding a non-profit aimed at helping homeless youth at high-risk for HIV infection. A.G. expanded her mission by obtaining a degree in public health from Harvard. She is a mission-driven leader focused on transforming the health care system into a health system. 01:36 Discussing innovation centers and the expectation behind them. 03:27 “The problem of health care is very broad and very deep.” 03:53 Optum Ventures as a strategic venture firm. 04:54 The opportunities that entrepreneurs have to “plug in." 06:42 The engagement infrastructure of getting patients to the right place at the right time. 08:27 “At the end of the day, patients drive the ... system.” 10:47 Patients moving en masse. 11:21 Getting patients to make different, better choices than they are today, and understanding their movements through the system. 13:57 Why telehealth hasn’t survived. 15:23 “It’s exactly the wrong way to start the conversation.” 15:39 Going to where the patients are. 17:33 “We just assume patients can’t make [decisions] in health care.” 21:22 “It is incumbent on us to ... prove [employer-based health care’s] fundamental value.” 23:58 Where health care is going. 26:01 “All of the broken stuff in health care ultimately derives from asymmetry.”

A.G. is a partner at Optum Ventures. She was most recently the co-founder and chief product officer at Humedica, one of the earliest big-data analytics companies in health care. Following its acquisition by Optum, she became chief product officer at Optum Analytics. She began her career as an attorney, founding a non-profit aimed at helping homeless youth at high-risk for HIV infection. A.G. expanded her mission by obtaining a degree in public health from Harvard. She is a mission-driven leader focused on transforming the health care system into a health system. 01:36 Discussing innovation centers and the expectation behind them. 03:27 “The problem of health care is very broad and very deep.” 03:53 Optum Ventures as a strategic venture firm. 04:54 The opportunities that entrepreneurs have to “plug in." 06:42 The engagement infrastructure of getting patients to the right place at the right time. 08:27 “At the end of the day, patients drive the ... system.” 10:47 Patients moving en masse. 11:21 Getting patients to make different, better choices than they are today, and understanding their movements through the system. 13:57 Why telehealth hasn’t survived. 15:23 “It’s exactly the wrong way to start the conversation.” 15:39 Going to where the patients are. 17:33 “We just assume patients can’t make [decisions] in health care.” 21:22 “It is incumbent on us to ... prove [employer-based health care’s] fundamental value.” 23:58 Where health care is going. 26:01 “All of the broken stuff in health care ultimately derives from asymmetry.”

EP207: Disrupt or Be Disrupted, With A.G. Breitenstein, Partner at Optum Ventures