Integrated Kidney Care of South Texas, LLC
KCE Located In: South Texas and Louisiana
Participant Groups and Providers
AMINA JABEEN AHMED MD PA
AMINA AHMED
NEPHROLOGY LEADERS AND ASSOCIATES, PLLC
FABIO AGLIECO
MOHAMMED DADA
NAVEED ANWAR
VINITHA VELLANKI
NORTH HOUSTON KIDNEY ASSOCIATES
AMIR MEMON
NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION SPECIALISTS PA
MIRIAM AMAYA
SYED HASSAN
TAHIR HAFEEZ
SAMIR SAHAI MD PLLC
SAMIR SAHAI
SPENCER SU
TRUNG LUONG
ACADIANA RENAL PHYSICIANS AMC
AKSHEY GUPTA
AMANDA HAYES
ANTHONY BLALOCK
FEDERICO DEL TORO
JUAN ZEIK
KIMBERLY TAYLOR
MAXIMO LAMARCHE
MELISA HARRINGTON
NADIA ELSAYED
PRECIOUS HODGES
RODERICK CLARK
SHIVAKANTH BURUGU
SPENCER HATCH
SUSAN BURNS
SYDNEY WEAVER
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN NEW ORLEANS FACULTY
ANNALISA PEREZ
FARSHID YAZDI
MATTIE GIROD
RAJESH MOHANDAS
SIDDHARTHA BAJRACHARYA
STEPHEN MORSE
NORTHLAKE NEPHROLOGY, INC
DANIEL TVEIT
GEORGI KOVACHEV
SUMITHA GANJI
UTMB FACULTY GROUP PRACTICE
ABELARDO DEANDA
ANN GAMILLA CRUDO
ASIM RIZVI
HANIA KASSEM
JEFFREY FAIR
JOHN BADALAMENTI
LUCA CICALESE
MICHAEL KUEHT
MUHAMMAD MUJTABA
ROBERT BEACH
RUPAK KULKARNI
SHANCY JACOB
SYED HUSSAIN
TINA KOCHAR
NORTH HOUSTON NEPHROLOGY & DIAGNOSTIC ASSOCIATES PA
ADVAYANAND SHIRSALKAR
GENE FORRESTER
HELEN LEE
NIZAR YOUNAS
RICHARD FOLEY
SYED KADRI
RENAL PHYSICIANS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, P.A.
DARSHAN TOLAT
HARINI BEJJANKI
HOUSTON NEPHROLOGY GROUP, P.A.
ADIL ALI
ALYSSA EVENS
ARIEL VELASCO
COLVILLE WILLIAMS
IBRAHIM DAHBOUR
JONATHAN JAY NORWOOD
REDENTOR ROY
RUPINDER CHATHA
VIJAYA SREENARASIMHAIAH
SOUTHEAST TEXAS NEPHROLOGY ASSOCIATES, PA
CYPRIEN VERTIL
HERVY HINER
SYED REHMAN
ZAINAB KAYANI
KIDNEY ASSOCIATES, PLLC
CATHERINE BROWN
JOEY BUQUING
RAHUL PANDEY
RUTH WINTZ
SEJAL SAROLIA
STEPHEN FADEM
WASAE TABIBI
RAHUL PRAKASH, M.D., P.A.
ALICIA ROMERO
HEMANTH HAMPOLE
JOSEPH OOLUT
KRISHNA RAMAN
MUKESH SINHA
RAHUL PRAKASH
RAJIV LAL
SAYED AHMED
SHALIN PATEL
SHEETAL GOLLA
KIDNEY CENTER OF NORTH HOUSTON
SHUJAUDDIN BHURIWALA
GREATER HEIGHTS NEPHROLOGY, PLLC
ALAK RAY
NEHAL PATEL
MICHAEL STRAUSS
NNI COVINGTON LLC
HOSSEIN TABARI
JOHN SIMON
RENAL CARE CONSULTANT, P.A
WASEEM PERACHA
Preferred Groups and Providers
VILLAGEHEALTH DM LLC
ALEXA ACOSTA
ANDRES NIETO
DIANA CORREIA
ELIZABETH OLMOS-CASTANEDA
ESTHER NYARKO
JENNIFER BARNEY
JESSICA MCELHENNY
JESSICA VASIREDDY
JUDITH ROMAN
JULIANA IGE-ODUNUGA
KIMBERLY ELLIS
LAARNI MENDOZA
OLUBUNMI BANJO
SANDRA WATSON
TYLER GRISAK
YAIMA MELENDREZ GARCIA
Clinical and Administrative Leadership
Gwendolyn Price
Primary Contact & Administrative Leader
Director, DaVita IKC
Stephen Fadem
KCE Clinical Leader
Kidney Associates, PLLC
Quality Measures
Information for the following performance measures will be available by February 1st, 2024.
- The Depression Response measure is a patient-reported outcome measure that assesses the percentage of adult patients (18 years of age or older) who score >9 on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), have a diagnosis of major depression or dysthymia and who demonstrate a response to treatment at approximately 12 months.
- The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) licensed through Insignia Health (a Phreesia company), assesses the attitudes, motivators, and behaviors that allow a patient to manage his or her healthcare issues. Patient activation is essential to achieving improved health outcomes and cost control.
- Optimal ESRD Starts quantifies the ability of healthcare providers to prepare patients for ESRD by educating them and their families about the need for dialysis or kidney transplant, helping them to make appropriate and informed choices about their treatment modality, and supporting them in successfully transitioning to dialysis or kidney transplantation as kidney function declines.
Shared Savings and Losses
Information for the following performance measures will be available by February 1st, 2024.
- Total amount of Shared Savings or Shared Losses per Performance Year
- Proportion of Shared Savings invested in the program and other resources necessary to improve outcomes and reduce Medicare costs for Beneficiaries
- Proportion of Shared Savings to KCE Participants and Preferred Providers for each Performance Year

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