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One Columbus Center, Suite 600283 Constitution DriveVirginia Beach, VA 23462
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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
Old Dominion UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
University of Alexandria Faculty of MedicineClass of 1988
Certifications & Licensure
VA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
MI State Medical License 2022 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 8 citationsMeasuring international normalized ratios in long-term care: a comparison of commercial laboratory and point-of-care device results.Daniel Bluestein, Cynthia Brantley, Myra Barnes-Eley, Stefan Gravenstein, Sameh Basta
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2007-07-01 - 34 citationsAzelaic Acid in the Treatment of Papulopustular Rosacea A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled TrialsRosemarie H. Liu, Molly K. Smith, Sameh A. Basta, Evan R. Farmer
Archives of Dermatology. 2006-08-01 - 1 citationsStool cultures for nosocomial diarrhea: money down the drain?Sameh A Basta, Edward C Oldfield
The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2002-04-01
Authored Content
- NewHealthcare Platforms NewsletterAugust 2022
Press Mentions
- 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-19March 19th, 2020
Effective, Scalable Strategies for Population HealthFebruary 12th, 2020
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