Ben Wiederholt

Chief Executive Officer

Ben Wiederholt, FACHE, has spent his 20 years as a healthcare executive working to make the system more efficient, effective, equitable, and patient-centered. Prior to co-founding and serving as the CEO of Junction Health, he held roles across the spectrum of healthcare delivery from ambulatory, acute, post-acute, and home settings.

He was the CEO of one of the largest Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Colorado with 17 locations caring for 55,000 people a year who are economically poor. During his five-year tenure, access to care nearly doubled and quality outcomes improved including dramatic increases in value-based care payments.

In 2022, Ben started his quest to impact FQHC’s on a broader level and took on the CEO role of an Accountable Care Organization formed around a Colorado statewide network of health centers. He led the expansion of additional private payer contracts resulting in increasing distributions to members by 41%.

Ben also teaches at the University of Denver’s master’s degree program as an adjunct faculty in Healthcare Management and Organizational Leadership. He earned his master’s in health administration from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Ben’s joy is found through his wife Jess and their seven children: Joz, Lillian, Samuel, Luke, Abiti, Joseph, and Abe. In addition to spending time with his family, he is a sports enthusiast as an observer and practitioner.