Welcome to Nivano Physicians ACO


ACO Name and Location

Nivano Physicians IPA, Inc.

1420 River Park Drive #100

Sacramento, CA 95815



ACO Primary Contact

Heather Hughes, VP Accountable Care

916.407.2000

Toll Free: 

844.889.2273

Email:

ACOReach@NivanoPhysicians.com



Participants and Preferred Providers

Please use the links below to download our provider list.


Click here for the full list of our
Participants and Preferred Providers



There are no joint ventures between or among the ACO and any of its ACO Participant Providers and Preferred Providers.



Governing Body


Member Title Organization Voting Power
Venu Kondle Executive Officer Nivano Physicians IPA, Inc. 16%
Rasiklal Patel Participating Provider Rasik A. Patel, MD 18.76%
Sunil Patel Participating Provider Premiercare Physicians 28.12%
Pranjalkumar Patel Participating Provider Premiercare Physicians 28.12%
Stanley Takahashi Medicare Beneficiary Representative N/A 2%
Eva Ussher Consumer Advocate N/A 2%


Clinical and Administrative Leadership 


Leader Name Title Organization
Jared Turley Chief Financial Officer Nivano Physicians IPA, Inc.
Manikanda Raja, MD Medical Director ACO Participant, Manikanda Raja MD
Heather Hughes Personnel - Director of Organizational QIT Nivano Physicians IPA, Inc.
Heather Hughes Director of Care Coordination Nivano Physicians IPA, Inc.


Associated Committees and Committee Leadership


Committee Name Leader Name
Quality and Performance Venu Kondle, M.D.
Compliance Damitria Malone Interim Acting Compliance Officer
Care Coordination and Performance Heather Hughes
Finance and Payer Contracting Jared Turley
Network Management Heather Hughes


Types of ACO Participants That Formed the ACO

  • ACO Professionals in a group practice arrangement
  • Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals


Amount of Shared Savings


Amount of Shared Savings

In PY 2023, Nivano Physicians ACO generated $ 3,104,401.28 in gross savings, resulting in $2,370,765.45 in net shared savings for the ACO


Shared Savings Distribution


Performance Year 2023

Proportion invested in infrastructure:  40%

Proportion invested in redesigned care process/resources to improve outcomes/reduce Medicare cost for Beneficiates: 30%

Proportion of distribution to REACH ACO Participants: 30%



Quality Performance Results


2023 Quality Performance

Click here to Download our 2023 Quality Measure Results




If you have any compliance concerns regarding

Nivano Physicians ACO, please contact us at:



acoreporting@nivanophysicians.com