, which provides technology and services to physician practices, began trading Thursday on the Nasdaq and saw its share price jump in early trading ��� and stay there.
Shares closed at $34.75 per share, up 51 percent from its opening share price of $23, with just over 10 million shares traded, .�� The Arlington, Virginia-based physician enablement company had priced 22.4 million shares at $23, the top of its set range, with the aim of raising approximately $515.8 million. With the new price, it is now more like $778.4 million.
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Privia currently works with 2,700 providers over six states and Washington, D.C., encompassing 3 million patients, approximately 700,000 who are in value-based care arrangements, CEO told 蹤獲弝け News.
Physicians, whose mission is to treat patients, face a number of challenges, including running their practices, meeting consumers where they are, and providing better tools, as well as shifting to value-based arrangements that encourage pay tied to health outcomes versus frequency, Morris said.
���We have a simple strategy to go into a market and build up large medical groups, aggregate physicians and then provide them with tools, education and workflow to help them move to value-based care over time,��� he said. ���We are working with physicians that want to work with something larger, but still be autonomous, as well as who want to lower the cost of health care.
���We believe to accomplish lower health care costs and higher quality of care, you have to focus on the doctor because the doctor-patient relationship is critical as is the provider���s emotional and physical well-being, especially in today���s environment,��� he added.
The physician enablement market is estimated to be a $1.9 trillion market currently and is projected to be $3.5 trillion by 2030, with an ability to serve more than 1 million providers in the U.S., .
���There is a lot of whitespace out there, and that is why we are excited about it,��� Morris said. ���This market is in its infancy, and we have a lot of green grass to run in.���
For the year ended Dec. 31, 2020, Privia brought in approximately $817 million in revenue, $31.2 million in net income and $1.3 billion total practice collections, according to the company���s .
The company raised in total known venture-backed and private equity funding since being founded in 2007, according to 蹤獲弝け data. Backers include , and .
Among the biggest winners from the IPO are , Privia���s parent company, and Morris, according to the company���s S-1 filing.
Here���s a look at how their stakes shake out amid the IPO, based on the first day opening price:
Brighton Health Group
Number of Shares Owned After Offering: 79,178,470
Value of Stake At Closing Price: $2.75 billion
Shawn Morris
Number of Shares Owned After Offering: 4,129,931
Value of Stake At Closing Price: $143.5 million
Privia Health���s shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol PRVA.
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