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Sam Basta, MD, Internal Medicine, Virginia Beach, VA

SamABastaMDMMM, FACP, CPE

Internal Medicine Virginia Beach, VA

Chief Medical Officer

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  • Office

    One Columbus Center, Suite 600
    283 Constitution Drive
    Virginia Beach, VA 23462
    Phone+1 757-687-8190

Summary

  • Sam's experience as a physician executive includes providing clinical leadership from conception to implementation for a transformation of care initiative at a $4B integrated delivery system with projects spanning senior care delivery model, patient-centered medical home/primary care redesign, chronic care coordination across the care continuum, advanced care planning, population management, clinical analytics, knowledge management, and a clinically integrated network/accountable care pilot. As a health plan medical director, he developed and implemented a Medicare Advantage product, pay-for-performance and embedded case management programs. Previously, he was an academic center's chief quality officer where he designed and implemented innovative clinical programs including one of the first point-of-care-testing anticoagulation clinics.

    Sam is a board-certified internist who practiced both inpatient and outpatient medicine for 10 years in an academic group practice. His areas of clinical expertise include evidence-based medicine and quality improvement.

    Specialties: Population Management. Care Delivery Transformation. Accountable Care Organization. Patient-Centered Medical Home. Clinical Quality Improvement. Physician Education (CME) and Leadership Development. Primary Care Research. Care Management. Internal Medicine.

    Sam welcomes networking requests on Linkedin at sambasta2020@gmail.com and tweets about healthcare innovation at www.twitter.com/sambasta

Education & Training

  • Eastern Virginia Medical School
    Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
  • University of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine
    University of Alexandria Faculty of MedicineClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 2022 - 2025
  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 1996 - 2024
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Authored Content

  • NewHealthcare Insider NeesletterAugust 2022

Press Mentions

  • Granulocyte Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Has Come of Age: From a Vaccine Adjuvant to Antiviral Immunotherapy
    Granulocyte Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Has Come of Age: From a Vaccine Adjuvant to Antiviral ImmunotherapyJanuary 9th, 2021
  • Coronavirus: How Asymptomatic Carriers Spread a Disease like COVID-19
    Coronavirus: How Asymptomatic Carriers Spread a Disease like COVID-19March 19th, 2020
  • Effective, Scalable Strategies for Population Health
    Effective, Scalable Strategies for Population HealthFebruary 12th, 2020