Oak Street Health’s Value-Based Care Model Cut Medicare Hospital Admissions & Emergency Department Use

Among Medicare beneficiaries who used Oak Street Health as their primary care provider organization, the number of hospital admissions and emergency department visits declined by 51%, according to internal data collected by Oak Street Health. The company’s 30-day readmission rates were 42% lower compared to Medicare benchmarks. Oak Street Health did not disclose the raw beginning and endpoint data for its admission rate, emergency department visit rate, or 30-day readmission rate.

Oak Street Health provides primary care services for Medicare beneficiaries. About 97% of Oak Street Health’s revenue is through fixed monthly per-patient-per-month . . .