The Data Stack Show

18: Data Science in Health Insurance with Jason Haupt of Bind

Episode Notes

This week on The Data Stack Show, Kostas and Eric are joined by Jason Haupt, data science lead at Bind, a no-deductible health insurance company determined to give immediate answers and clear costs before point of care. Jason’s unique background of having a Ph.D. in particle physics and working at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN have informed the way he goes about approaching data at Bind.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

• Jason’s background in particle physics and his path to Bind (2:53)
• A cloud-only approach to data and utilizing AWS (9:01)
• Focusing on activities that help its members (12:08)
• Dealing with 12,000 columns of data from an insurance claim form (17:13)
• Rethinking the relationship between marketing and product teams (25:28)
• Examining the data pipeline (29:30)
• Privacy and security concerns with medical information (35:45)
• How experience with the LHC impacted the way he thinks about data (40:06)
• Transition from academic work to industry (46:20)

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