In 2004, over ten months, a house in Warsaw, Indiana, was purchased, rebuilt, rented, and resold. Austin managed the entire process, coordinating employees and subcontractors. The project yielded a profit of $17,000, and the appraiser remarked on the high quality of the work.
Two decades later, the same instincts are at work on a much larger structure. Austin Lehman is the CEO of Remodel Health in Indianapolis, where he applies that practical approach to the challenge of changing how employers provide health benefits.
Numbers First
The Warsaw project taught Austin to control costs, compare quotes, and oversee every financial detail. Accounting soon became the formal version of that education.
From July 2006 to August 2009, three years and two months, he was a Senior Accountant at Ernst & Young. His clients spanned real estate, manufacturing, software, and not-for-profits. His portfolio included a major mall-owning real estate business and a large not-for-profit that made loans to churches for capital projects.
He studied the internal processes of large organizations and identified best practices, including rigorous budgeting procedures. He managed SOX control testing and gained experience with SEC reporting. Managers and Partners consistently gave him exceptional ratings, and he was commended for his people skills and analytical ability.
At L.M. Henderson & Company, LLP, Austin worked from August 2009 through August 2011, building on his accounting experience over the following two years. Again as a Senior Accountant, Austin handled audit and tax work for start-ups, not-for-profits, and real estate clients. His audit assignments covered a broad range of clients, from commercial businesses and nonprofit organizations to employee benefit plans.
The role was also a lesson in coordination. He planned and executed multiple projects at once, shared knowledge with colleagues, and contributed to an efficient, innovative, and positive team environment. He analyzed finances during audits, prepared taxes, offered tax consulting, and worked with clients on their budgeting and their financial goals.
One detail stands out. He managed the audit of a medical research not-for-profit so efficiently that the firm’s cost of the engagement was cut in half in the second year.
Lehman’s Terms
In August 2011, Austin became Owner of Lehman’s Terms, Inc., and stayed until April 2018, six years and nine months. The firm provided accounting and tax services for construction, technology, professional services, and not-for-profit clients.
Its values were written plainly. The firm took its example from Jesus Christ, who came not to be served but to serve. It believed that caring for team members would overflow to families, clients, and communities, and it pursued excellence with the highest integrity. It also offered client-specific solutions and encouragement so clients could persevere through the challenges of leadership.
Austin sold the business in 2018 for a successful outcome.
Alongside his ownership of Lehman’s Terms, from August 2011 to June 2013, he served as Outsourced CFO at Developer Town. The work was strategic: financial analysis and pro forma modeling to raise investment money for a spin-off. That stretch lasted one year and eleven months.
GuideCare, and the Road to Remodel
Health insurance entered the picture through a different door.
From September 2014 to August 2017, three years, Austin was Co-Founder & President of GuideCare LLC, a firm he established with Zac Parker. The firm advised church and nonprofit leaders on how the changing health insurance market affected their organizations. It helped them steward resources of more than $1,000,000. Austin and his team customized solutions that fit the families of pastors and staff, reducing their out-of-pocket exposure by tens of thousands of dollars.
The consulting work began in 2013 and eventually developed into a separate business focused on helping nonprofit and business leaders navigate their health benefits.
In 2017, Remodel Health acquired GuideCare, one of its early broker partners, and he moved into the company’s leadership. He became CEO soon afterward. He had also served as CFO on contract from March 2015 to March 2018, a role that overlapped with his work at GuideCare and the transition into company leadership.
The CEO
By 2026, Austin was approaching his ninth year as Remodel Health’s CEO, following earlier work with the company that began before he assumed its top leadership role. Based in Indianapolis, he leads an organization focused on changing how employers provide health benefits.
The model allows employers to establish their health-benefit contributions while employees select plans suited to their individual circumstances. Remodel Health says its services now reach more than 140,000 members nationwide.
The milestones are concrete. Under his leadership, Remodel Health acquired PeopleKeep in February 2024 to expand its reach and secured more than $100 million in growth funding led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from Hercules Capital, in December 2024. He has also championed technology to change how organizations offer health benefits, worked with brokers to broaden their service offerings, and led initiatives aimed at strengthening client engagement and retention.
He ties it all to the accounting years: “My background in accounting and tax services taught me the importance of integrity, precision, and meeting people where they are.”
His broader ambition is to help organizations succeed while giving employees a more meaningful role in decisions about their healthcare.
Outside the Office
The values that appear in his professional life appear in his weekends too.
Away from work, Austin supports causes that uplift the fatherless and invests in men learning to be better husbands and fathers. A group of dads attends father-son and father-daughter camps each year.
He also loves coaching basketball. In 2023, he coached his son’s homeschool team to a national championship.
The Leader to Watch in 2026
What connects these chapters is not a single industry but a consistent approach: understand the problem, pay attention to the financial details, and build solutions that work for the people who depend on them. From his accounting practice and entrepreneurial ventures to his leadership at Remodel Health, he has applied that approach to increasingly complex challenges.
At Remodel Health, those instincts converge around a central question: how can employers manage costs while giving employees greater choice in their coverage? As ICHRA and CHOICE Arrangements become an increasingly prominent part of the health-benefits conversation, Austin’s work sits at the intersection of financial discipline, operational execution, and individualized healthcare.
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