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Oak Street Health Joint Venture Will Offer Primary Care to Kidney Patients
Chicago-based Oak Street Health, a network of value-based primary care centers for adults on Medicare, and Interwell Health, a kidney care management company, have launched OakWell, a joint venture that will offer primary care to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients directly in the dialysis center.
“There is a significant opportunity to leverage the time spent by dialysis patients in-center to improve their overall quality of life,” said Dr. David Buchanan, chief clinical officer at Oak Street Health. “Receiving personalized, preventive primary care from expert care teams can positively impact patient health.”
The OakWell care teams will closely manage ESKD patients’ chronic conditions, help them avoid missed dialysis treatments, quickly reschedule any missed dialysis treatments, and coordinate care outside of the center. OakWell will initially begin offering care services in Chicago, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth dialysis centers in the third quarter of 2023.
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