Inside a sleek new health clinic in one of New York City's poorest neighborhoods, Ramon Jacobs-Shaw is wondering whether his next patient will show up.
A Harvard-trained physician who spent most of his career working in large academic medical systems, he took a job last September as a senior medical director for Oak Street Health Inc. The 9-year-old company aims to reinvent care for Medicare patients with low incomes and chronic health problems.
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Oak Street says frequent checkups, meetings with social workers, and free rides can keep patients out of hospitals. Illustration: Inkee Wang for Bloomberg Businessweek Inside a sleek new health clinic in one of New York City's poorest neighborhoods, Ramon Jacobs-Shaw is wondering whether his next patient will show up. [...]