Leadership 

Executive Team

John Fistner

Founder & CEO

From his experience as CFO and COO of a hospital network, John witnessed the changes in patient payment behavior and set out to create a solution to combat the impact of rising healthcare costs. AblePay was founded in 2016 to address increasing out-of-pocket medical expenses in the United States and their implications for healthcare consumers and providers. AblePay is his second successful start-up in the healthcare space.

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Valerie Banotai

SVP, Operations

Valerie is a standards-focused leader with over 25 years of expertise in healthcare billing and information management, including experience in implementing innovative revenue cycle work processes, EDI integration, managing client relations, solving complex problems, and attaining business objectives. She leads the operations team working with both medical providers and AblePay members.

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Ryan Werling

SVP, Sales and Marketing

Before assuming his role at AblePay Health, Ryan was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mack Defense (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mack Trucks, Inc.) Ryan is a US Army veteran, having served on US Army active duty from 1996-2008. Ryan is a veteran of the Iraq war with deployments in 2003 and 2011, and is now a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserve.

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Rick Schoenen

VP, Marketing & Communications

With over 35 years of business experience, Rick has held various management and marketing roles, including operating his own marketing agency. With nearly 20 years of that experience in the healthcare space focused on patient engagement, he is responsible for provider outreach and the campaigns providers utilize to engage and educate patients on AblePay.

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Eric Capuano

SVP, New Market Development

Eric has over 20 years of sales experience, with most of his career spent in healthcare. As an account executive with CR Bard Inc., he worked with hospital executives and surgical teams at leading hospital networks across Pennsylvania and Florida. He now works with health systems across the country, explaining the positive results AblePay provides for the revenue cycle and patient experience.

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Matt Horstmann

Chief Growth & Strategy Officer.

For over a decade, Matt has focused his career on healthcare innovation, driving sales, marketing, R&D, and customer service over various product lines. Matt's insight and knowledge will help guide AblePay to the next level as we continue our pursuit to be the next generation of patient engagement platforms, impacting the patient experience for our members while addressing the needs of medical providers.

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Jason Fistner

Chief Developer

Jason has built a career supporting various companies in solving their technical issues. He is responsible for the design and creation of all the member-facing platforms for AblePay. His refusal to accept anything less than perfection drives the development efforts, as he and his team continue to improve the experience for our members and participating providers.

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Sales Team

Kellie Hooper

SVP, Provider Markets

Kellie is a seasoned, passionate, strategic leader with experience developing and leading high-performance sales teams. She has extensive knowledge of health systems and a proven track record of delivering results for her clients and driving revenue growth. Kellie has developed and mentored sales leaders for Fortune 500 organizations: Johnson & Johnson, McKesson and TransUnion and worked closely with private equity firms.

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John Rankin

SVP, Provider Markets

John has over 25 years of experience in healthcare, working with physician groups and healthcare systems of all sizes throughout the country. Before transitioning to the revenue cycle space, John started his career in financial management for a large pharmaceutical wholesaler. He has spent most of his career working with providers to identify and implement solutions and services throughout the revenue cycle to improve efficiencies, maximize cash collected and improve patient satisfaction.

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Heath McDaniel

SVP, Provider Markets

Heath has over 20 years of Business Development experience throughout the healthcare provider and payer markets. With 6+ years specifically with the Revenue Cycle arena of healthcare.

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