The Break Room

How Top-Tier Office Managers Optimize Profits, Physician Workloads, and Patient Satisfaction

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. 

Balancing Entrepreneurship & Collaboration as a Solo Practitioner with Fernando Porter, MD

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. 

 

 

Physician Engagement, MA, & “Administrivia” with Amber Lesley, MD

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. 

Privia Health’s CEO on the Headwinds & Solutions Shaping the Industry

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. 

Digital Tools to Optimize Documentation, Billing, and Coding

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. 

Optimizing RCM for Independent Practices

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 more.

Elevating & Empowering Pediatricians

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 opportunities, specialty-specific technology, and much more.

New Alternatives for Health Systems

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.

Creating Value in Value-Based Care

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.  

“Fireside Chat” With Special Guest Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D.

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, present, and future of healthcare.