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With all the data on health outcomes that an insurance company like Independent Health has, and all the community contacts that a pastor like Rev. George Nicholas has, it only makes sense that the two would team up on health disparities. Hear Nicholas, with Independent Health Pres. & CEO Dr. Michael Cropp MD. Then St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute student Dion Anderson, joins Project Flight’s Geraldine Bard and Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Director John Spears to discuss how they assembled a diversity book collection for kids that is at the Merriweather and Central libraries.

Dec. 23— Necessity built the Independent Health Foundation. Independent Health created a charitable arm during the process, one that continues to take the lead in First Night, which for the second straight New Year's Eve will unfold online next week because of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 100 related events take place annually across the region,...

Dec. 23— Necessity built the Independent Health Foundation. Independent Health created a charitable arm during the process, one that continues to take the lead in First Night, which for the second straight New Year's Eve will unfold online next week because of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 100 related events take place annually across the region,...

Modern Healthcare Illustration / Getty Images Independent Health pays providers for patient outcomes, not by how many people primary care clinicians get to walk through their front door. In the four years since the insurer implemented its primary care capitated payment program, the Buffalo, New York-based health plan has moved 630 clinicians to accept a 10% up-and-downside adjustment for effectively managing 20,000 patients' health. Providers like the program because it allows them to tailor their practice offerings and stay financially afloat when patients skip visits during the COVID-19 pa...