Mount Sinai partners with insurance startup to build Oscar Center
Mount Sinai Health System and health insurer Oscar aligned to create The Oscar Center to offer primary care services in its Brooklyn location.
"The Oscar Center is a pivotal step toward our vision of creating a seamless end-to-end healthcare experience for our members," Oscar CEO Mario Schlosser said in a statement. Those services also include walk-in visits, basic mental health, wellness services and classes.
Mount Sinai chief population health officer Niyum Gandhi said that the Center goes toward Mount Sinai’s goal of optimizing health outcomes for patients and, ultimately, “raises the bar for what consumers can expect from healthcare."
The 6,000-square foot facility has five exam rooms, three consult rooms, a lounge, a laboratory, and a multipurpose room to host wellness classes and events. Fully scaled, the practice can host up to six physicians, and will also include a behavioral health specialist and several mid-level providers.
Because the space will be fully integrated with Oscar's technologies, members will be able to instantly book appointments at the center through a care search in Oscar's app. The physicians will also be fully connected to Oscar's systems, enabling them to see a member's full health history and receive referrals directly from Oscar's free telemedicine feature or a member's concierge team.
“These connections empower doctors with richer patient data and analytics to improve patient health outcomes over time," Oscar’s Schlosser said.
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