The Break Room

In our “Physician Voices” podcast series, doctors share their unique stories, expert perspectives, and helpful insights. Hear Jarrett Dodd, MD, a family medicine physician in Virginia, discuss how Privia helped his practice grow from one value-based contract to excelling in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and other risk-based arrangements, all while opening up exciting clinical leadership oppo...

Our Physician Voices series creates space for candid conversations and empowers doctors to share their unique stories, expert perspectives, and helpful insights. Hear Nadine Hammoud, MD, a Virginia-based gynecologist, discuss her decision to join a private practice out of residency and how the support and clinical community she found there helped her to launch her own practice.

Our Physician Voices series creates space for candid conversations and empowers doctors to share their unique stories, expert perspectives, and helpful insights. Hear Ashley Wade-Vuturo, MD, and Marina Arutyunyan, DO, co-owners of a gynecology practice in Virginia, discuss how succession planning helped them navigate the transition from employment to ownership and what they have learned along the...

Our Physician Voices series creates space for candid conversations and empowers doctors to share their unique stories, expert perspectives, and helpful insights. Hear Ty Babcock, MD, an emergency medicine physician in Nashville, discuss how partnering with Privia has helped him get started with value-based care, find a community of engaged doctors, and improve his already high-performing practices...

Our Physician Voices series creates space for candid conversations and empowers doctors to share their unique stories, expert perspectives, and helpful insights. Hear Mark Florian, MD, an internist in Bryan, Texas, discuss how Privia’s physician-led governance and teams enabled him to master HCC coding and excel in value-based care.

In this episode, we’re celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Privia’s first medical group by looking at Privia’s founding principles, our model’s evolution, wins — big and small — along the way, and why Privia is the ideal partner for private practices, now and in the years to come. Our guests are Fred Taweel, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Privia Medical Group — Mid-Atlantic and an internist in Vi...

Our Physician Voices series creates space for candid conversations and empowers doctors to share their unique stories, expert perspectives, and helpful insights. Hear Keith Berkle, MD, MBA, a board-certified OB-GYN at Virginia Women's Center, discuss challenges private practices in Richmond face, such as payer contracting, consolidation, and competition with local health systems. 

Our Physician Voices series creates space for candid conversations and empowers doctors to share their unique stories, expert perspectives, and helpful insights. Hear Nalini Casey, MD, a Maryland-based pediatrician, discuss her decision to move to a new practice, how Privia simplified the transition, and the benefits of a Privia partnership.  

Our Physician Voices series creates space for candid conversations and empowers doctors to share their unique stories, expert perspectives, and helpful insights. Hear Caitlin Zaner, MD, a Maryland-based pediatrician, discuss how empowering pediatric clinical leaders can help combat the growing mental health crisis, refine specialty workflows, and advance value-based contracting and performance. 

In 2022, Privia's accountable care organizations (ACOs) generated $131.7 million in savings through the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). In this episode, we discuss how our holistic partnership shares data-driven insights, champions physician governance, and supports doctors in both fee-for-service and value-based care with Sam Starbuck, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Privia Q...

Hear Mike Gebel, CEO of McIntosh Clinic, a multispecialty practice in Georgia, and President of the Georgia chapter of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), discuss how a partnership can help private practices thrive amid staffing shortages, the volume-to-value transition, and rampant consolidation. 

Our Physician Voices series creates space for candid conversations and empowers doctors to share their unique stories, expert perspectives, and helpful insights. Hear Fernando Porter, MD, a Maryland-based family medicine physician, discuss his path to private practice, the valuable role of physician leaders, strategies to modernize and improve patient access, and much more.     

Our Physician Voices series creates space for candid conversations and empowers doctors to share their unique stories, expert perspectives, and helpful insights. Hear Amber Lesley, MD, a Texas-based internist, discuss tips to reduce administrative burden, cultivate physician engagement, succeed in Medicare Advantage and value-based care, and more. 

In this episode, Privia Health CEO Shawn Morris dissects value-based care’s evolution, the impact of economic disruption on independent physicians and health systems, potential policy changes, and more to give you a thoughtful, detailed overview of the healthcare industry. 

How can three powerful, integrated tech tools improve practice efficiency, reduce administrative work, and enable physicians to work at the top of their license? Our guests are Lane Lee, MD, a Texas-based family medicine physician, and Harrison Lamons, Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management and Credentialing at Privia Health. 

What trends in revenue cycle management (RCM) can help enhance patient satisfaction, practice operations, and revenue integrity? Our guest for this episode is Melanie Suranto, Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management at Privia Health. We discuss the value of partnering with an award-winning RCM team, the impact of value-based care, advanced technologies that support billing and coding, and much...

What tools and support can help independent pediatricians optimize operations and care for their patients and families? Our guests for this episode are Melissa Montague, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Privia Pediatrics and Privia Women’s Health, and Elizabeth Flynn, MD, of Manassas Pediatrics in Virginia. We discuss strategies for physician governance, value-based care, partnership o...

How can partnerships help forward-looking health systems harness the forces of disruption, align physicians, and thrive in value-based care? Our guest for this episode is Mike Flammini, Chief Business Development Officer at Privia Health. We discuss the role of health systems, trends in the physician landscape, criteria for potential partners, and more.

How can physicians achieve consistent success in value-based care? Our guest for this episode is Rick Foerster, Senior Vice President of Value-Based Operations at Privia Health. We discuss tools and strategies for physician engagement and education, the importance of physician leadership and governance, the pandemic’s impact on value-based care, and much more.  

In this special episode of The Break Room, you’ll hear an insightful, intimate, and intriguing conversation between two industry thought leaders: Privia Health CEO Shawn Morris and Dr. Paul H. Keckley, Managing Editor of The Keckley Report. Hear these two experts discuss Big Tech’s role and President Biden’s agenda, independent providers and health systems, and much more as we analyze the past, pr...

Researchers estimate the total "physician enablement" market opportunity currently stands at $1.9 trillion and may hit $3.5 trillion by 2030. But what exactly is physician enablement? We discuss and define the term and sector with Privia Health CEO Shawn Morris and Chief Clinical Officer Keith Fernandez, MD. We explore strategies and tools to nurture the doctor-patient relationship, elevate the cl...

How can a virtual scribe service help improve patient satisfaction and engagement, increase practice revenue, streamline provider workflows, and reduce administrative burden? In this episode, we discuss these important questions and many more with Anna Graziano, Director of Privia+, and Thomas Maslen, MD, an internal medicine physician in Maryland. 

Our guest is Paul Shenenberger, Senior Vice President of IT Operations and Chief Information Security Officer at Privia Health. We’ll explore ways for smaller or independent practices to safeguard patients’ sensitive health data, analyze the impact of telehealth and working from home on cybersecurity measures, examine the promise — and the potential problems — of trends in cybersecurity and compli...

The American Medical Association's E/M revisions are designed to reduce administrative burden, elevate the patient-provider relationship, and make coding and documentation simpler and more flexible. Here to discuss these changes is Amy Waller, Vice President, HIM and Coding Integrity at Privia Health. 

In this episode, we’re looking back on 2020 and ahead to 2021. Our guest is Shawn Morris, CEO of Privia Health. We explore the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth’s strengths and limitations, strategies to curb physician burnout, and much, much more.