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Privia Medical Group — Gulf Coast Texas
Leadership
Mark Cone, MD
President, Privia Medical Group — Gulf Coast Texas
Mark Cone, MD, is the President of Privia Medical Group – Gulf Coast Texas and has 25 years of experience in private practice.
He is the President of a 53-year-old private practice in Houston, TX, and the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Southwest Women’s Health Alliance. He developed and implemented a corporate structure that maximizes a practice’s autonomy and profitability and spearheaded the development and implementation of a first-of-its-kind value-based care program in women’s health for several major payers.
Dr. Cone serves on the Tri-State Advisory Board for Cigna, the HCA Clinical Integration Steering Committee for the Gulf Coast Division, the COEMIG Committee at The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, the Advisory Board for Texas Citizens Bank and is the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Fannin Surgicare ASC. He was responsible for building and deploying new financial reporting standards in the MGMA format that allow individual doctors and care centers to control and reduce operating expenses and maximize their profitability.
Dr. Cone received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, and his bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M.
Keith Fernandez, MD
Chief Clinical Officer
Keith Fernandez, MD, is Chief Clinical Officer of Privia Health. He joined Privia in 2016 and previously served as the Senior Physician Executive.
Prior to joining Privia, Dr. Fernandez served as President and Physician-in-Chief of the Memorial Hermann Physician Network (MHMD), Chief Medical Officer of the Memorial Hermann Accountable Care Organization, and chairman of MHMD’s Clinical Programs Committee. In those roles he developed a robust clinic integration program with over 2,000 physicians, 90 percent of whom operated in private practices, and more than 50 physician-led committees that provided quality, safety, and vendor governance for Memorial Hermann. Dr. Fernandez also spearheaded the development of MHMD’s Patient Centered Medical Homes and Care Management program. This program formed the bedrock of the most financially successful Medicare Shared Savings Program for three years, generated more than $180 million in shared savings, and multiple high-performance commercial ACOs, Medicare Advantage, and risk-based contracts.
Dr. Fernandez is a member of the Joint Commission Stakeholder Group on Clinically Integrated Networks, AHA Blue Ribbon Panel on Physician Governance, Texas Medical Association Committee on Accountable Care, and a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology. He currently has a faculty appointment as Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas at Houston. He has spoken and conducted retreats across the country for physician organizations, hospital systems, and business coalitions with an emphasis on new models of care, building trust, and the need for physician leadership in all areas of healthcare.
Dr. Fernandez earned his bachelor’s from Florida State University and his medical doctorate from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Ebert School of Medicine. He completed his fellowship in gastroenterology at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center and is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
