Optimum NY Independent
Practice Association

ACO Name and Location
Optimum NY Independent Practice Association, LLC
726 Exchange St.
Suite 522
Buffalo, NY 14210

ACO Primary Contact

Primary Contact Name	Paul Shields, DO
Primary Contact Phone Number	716-512-7699
Primary Contact Email Address	Shields.Paul@glin.com

ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

ACO REACH Participant and Preferred Providers:

Click here to view the ACO REACH Participant and Preferred Provider Roster (as of 05.23.2023)

ACO REACH Governing Body:

Last Name	First Name	Title/Position	Voting Power? Y/N	Membership Type	ACO Participant Legal Business Name/DBA, if Applicable
Charles	Richard	Chairperson	Y	ACO REACH Participant Representative	General Physician PC
Pal	Amandeep	Board Member	Y	ACO REACH Participant Representative	Amandeep Pal, MD
Danaher	Patricia	Board Member	Y	ACO REACH Participant Representative	Patricia J Danaher MD PC
Dwight	Lewis	Board Member	Y	ACO REACH Participant Representative	Lewis, Dwight D.
Ferguson	Richard	Board Member	Y	ACO REACH Participant Representative	Richard Ferguson
Kavcic	John	Board Member	Y	ACO REACH Participant Representative	Parkview Primary Care Physicians PLLC
Mangat	Simmanjeet	Board Member	Y	ACO REACH Participant Representative	Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
Manyon	Andrea	Board Member	Y	ACO REACH Participant Representative	UB Family Medicine Inc
Matthews	George	Board Member	Y	ACO REACH Participant Representative	Academic Medicine Services, Inc.
Sharma	Nisha	Board Member	Y	ACO REACH Participant Representative	Sharma Family Medicine
Zimmerman	Kenneth	Board Member	Y	ACO REACH Participant Representative	Kenneth S. Zimmerman, MD
Davis	Andrew	Board Member	Y	Community Stakeholder	Erie County Medical Center
Laurri	Frank	Board Member	Y	Community Stakeholder	Frank R. Laurri, MD & Associates PC
Mineo	Michael	Board Member	Y	Community Stakeholder	Kaleida Health
Brown	LuAnne	Board Member	Y	Consumer Advocate	Buffalo Perinatal and Prenatal Network
McGuire	Nora	Board Member	Y	Medicare Beneficiary Representative	N/A

Key ACO REACH Clinical and Administrative Leadership:

Name	Leadership Role	Title	Employer
Paul Shields, DO	Administrative and Clinical	Chief Executive Officer Chief Medical Officer	Optimum NY IPA, LLC
Richard Charles, MD	Clinical	Chairperson of the Board and Participant in ACO REACH	General Physician, PC
Victoria Belniak	Administrative	Compliance Officer	Optimum NY IPA, LLC
TBD	Administrative	Director, Human Resources	Optimum NY IPA, LLC
Kristin Cortese	Administrative	VP, Population Health & Practice Transformation	Optimum NY IPA, LLC
Alexis Jordan	Administrative	VP, Finance and Operations	Optimum NY IPA, LLC

Associated Committees and Committee Leadership:

Committee Name	Committee Leader Name and Position	Entity of Employment
Network Committee	Andrea Manyon, MD - Chairperson	UB Family Medicine Inc
Finance & Operations	TBD
Clinical & Quality Committee	Patricia Danaher, MD - Chairperson	Patricia J Danaher MD PC
Patient Family Advisory Committee	Nora McGuire - Chairperson	N/A

Types of ACO Participants, or Combinations of Participants, That Formed the ACO:

Network of individual practices and/or professionals in a group practice arrangement made up of primary care, specialty and ancillary providers.

Shared Savings and Losses

Amount of Shared Savings/Losses

Shared Savings Distribution

Quality Performance Results

Payment Rule Waivers

For general questions or additional information about Accountable Care Organizations, please visit www.medicare.gov/acos.html or call 1.800.MEDICARE (1.800.633.4227) TTY users should call 1.877.486.2048.

Optimum NY Independent Practice Association