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Privia Partner Spotlight: Meredith Josephs, Clinical Informatics Visionary

Dr. Meredith Josephs’ official title at Privia is Senior Medical Director and Senior Director, Clinical IT & Training. In that role, she manages two functions critical to the way Privia’s clinicians run their practices and record data; clinical workflow training, which empowers providers to optimize their use of Privia’s EHR; and Clinical IT, which encompasses …

Revenue Cycle Success: A Case Study in Patient Financial Communications Strategy

For the second year in a row, Privia has been named a recipient of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) MAP Award for High Performance in Revenue Cycle. This honor confirms what Privia physicians already knew; that our physician group is extremely innovative and effective in the area of revenue cycle performance. HFMA MAP Award …

Don’t WannaCry? 7 Ways to Protect Your Practice Against Cyber Attacks

The WannaCry ransomware attacks last weekend wreaked havoc around the world, most notably by taking the UK’s National Health Service offline on Friday. How do they start? These attacks generally start through email. People receive emails that trick them into clicking links and/or downloading attachments. This could lead to the installation of malicious software on …

Diverting High-Cost Frequent Flyers: Population Health Tactics to Manage High Utilizers

Normally, the word “diversion” conjures images of sleep-deprived arrivals at regional airports; an experience to be avoided at all costs. In medicine, however, diversions — from emergency departments, inpatient settings, specialist visits, and urgent care clinics — are to be embraced for their cost-mitigation attributes. A quick Google search returns hundreds of pieces written over …

Monitoring and Addressing Your Practice’s Online Reputation

April was National Financial Literacy month, and a crucial – but often overlooked – predictor of financial success for a physician’s practice is the sentiment of their online reputation. From social media platforms like Facebook and Google Plus, to review sites like Yelp and Healthgrades, countless avenues exist by which patients review and critique every …

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