Tampa primary care firm names new CEO

Primary care platform MaxHealth, which focuses on Medicare-eligible patients, has named Dr. Prakash Patel CEO, a veteran health care executive who the company says has “been an innovator at the intersection of the payer, provider and technology landscapes” in health care for several years.

Patel succeeds Michael Bernstein, who was interim CEO of MaxHealth for the past year, according to a statement. Bernstein will retain his current role as executive chair of the company, which cares for some 66,000 patients, the release adds.