Dr. Auren Weinberg is the Chief Medical Officer at Veradigm. He completed his residency at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where he served as Chief Resident. He started a private practice shortly after leaving residency, which was the first in the area to embed mental health care, nutrition counseling, and exercise classes for patients. Dr. Weinberg co-founded an Independent Physicians Association which focused on supporting privately owned practices in achieving the quadruple aim of better outcomes, better care, lower cost, and higher staff satisfaction.
Medical schools and residency training programs push trainees away from primary care and make primary care seem less prestigious. Medicare is the largest payer of graduate medical education, so Medicare could require additional outpatient primary care training in residency to encourage Family and Internal Medicine trainees to enter outpatient primary care, where the need is critical.