Park Forum: The Case for
Bitcoin in Healthcare

Stuart Lackey is the Co-Founder and CEO of SOUND HSA. Stuart has played critical leadership roles in driving early-stage market adoption and revenue growth for surgical device and med-tech companies, two of which went public (SI-Bone and TranS1). He's also worked as a strategic growth consultant for multiple healthcare companies. He first learned of bitcoin in 2016 prompting him to co–found Solaster Health, which sought to create a decentralized, personal health data platform. Stuart completed his master's degree in Healthcare Informatics in 2018, which led to his vision for SOUND HSA and wider bitcoin adoption across the US healthcare market.

• Mark Connors — Riskdimensions
• Dr. Robert Rahimi — Baylor Scott & White, BPN
• Dr. Mark Link — Link Dental

This comprehensive panel examines how Bitcoin infrastructure can fundamentally reshape healthcare finance through three interconnected frameworks. Panelists explore the mechanics of implementing Bitcoin-based payment systems for medical services, replacing traditional payment rails with peer-to-peer transactions that reduce intermediary costs and settlement delays. Panelists address treasury management strategies for healthcare businesses adopting Bitcoin reserves, examining volatility mitigation, regulatory compliance, and integration with existing financial operations. And finally, speakers investigate circular health economy concepts where Bitcoin facilitates closed-loop value exchange within healthcare ecosystems, enabling direct provider-patient relationships, transparent pricing, and programmable health savings accounts. Drawing on real-world implementation challenges and opportunities, panelists provide actionable frameworks for healthcare organizations considering Bitcoin adoption.

• Abel James Bascom — The Wild Diet
• Dr. Mark Stephany — Bitcoin Physicians Network
• Dr. Daniel Ostermayer — Bitcoin Physicians Network
• Dr. Ahmad Ammous — Harvard, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Dissect the fundamental structural problems plaguing modern healthcare systems, tracing how fiat currency inflation and centralized financial control have created misaligned incentives throughout the healthcare value chain. Panelists examine how fee-for-service models incentivize volume over outcomes, how third-party payment systems disconnect consumers from true costs, and how centralized intermediaries extract value while obscuring pricing transparency. The discussion explores metabolic health dysfunction as a symptom of these systemic failures, analyzing how ultra-processed foods and pharmaceutical dependencies have become profit centers rather than health solutions. Panelists present Bitcoin as a catalyst for restructuring healthcare economics, enabling sovereign health, equitable resource distribution, transparent pricing mechanisms, and restoring physician autonomy while reducing administrative burden and intermediary rent-seeking.

• Jon Gordon — SOUND HSA
• Dr. Geetinder Goyal — First Primary Care
• Andy Schoonover — CrowdHealth

This panel explores the cutting edge of healthcare financing mechanisms enabled by Bitcoin technology, examining how it revolutionizes health savings accounts, direct primary care arrangements, and alternative insurance models. Panelists discuss Bitcoin-denominated health savings accounts that protect purchasing power against inflation while enabling borderless portability and programmable compliance. The conversation addresses Direct Primary Care integration with Bitcoin payments, creating transparent subscription models that bypass insurance overhead and restore patient-physician relationships. Speakers evaluate peer-to-peer health risk-sharing networks, crowdfunding for medical expenses, and decentralized health finance applications built on Bitcoin infrastructure. Drawing from regulatory landscapes, implementation case studies, and actuarial considerations, this session provides practical roadmaps for organizations and individuals seeking to leverage Bitcoin for accessible, affordable, and autonomous healthcare financing.

Dr. Rich Lassiter, emergency medicine physician and prominent Bitcoin educator, delivers our closing keynote, exploring Bitcoin's potential to unlock emergent opportunities within the $5 trillion US healthcare industry. Drawing from his dual expertise as a practicing emergency room physician and bitcoin advocate, Dr. Lassiter examines how Bitcoin can address healthcare's most pressing financial challenges: runaway costs, lack of price transparency, insurance complexity, and limited patient financial autonomy. He presents real-world scenarios for Bitcoin adoption across healthcare stakeholders, from hospital treasury strategies and physician payment systems to patient savings mechanisms and medical tourism. The keynote explores new investment models as Dr. Lassiter challenges attendees to envision a future where Bitcoin serves as foundational infrastructure for accessible, efficient, and patient-centered healthcare finance.