
On December 8, the very first day Oscar’s new health care facility opened in Brooklyn, all the available slots filled up immediately.
Oscar CEO Mario Schlosser points to that as a good sign of what’s to come for the $A2.7 billion health insurance startup’s first foray into physical health care spaces.
Oscar aims to be a more consumer-friendly insurance company that keeps all your health information in one easy to use and easily accessible place. The company opened the Oscar Center two weeks ago as part of a partnership with Mount Sinai that combines Oscar health insurance with Mount Sinai physicians.
“The thesis of the entire partnership is to say, if we work together, we should be able to deliver an experience that is — a low bar would be ‘less frustrating,’ but the bar we’re aiming for is actually a delightful experience, which is probably not the word anyone would use to describe their overall experience with the health care industry today,” Niyum Gandhi, Mount Sinai’s executive vice president and chief population health officer, told Business Insider.
The partnership came about when Schlosser saw Mount Sinai’s ad in The New York Times that read, “If our inpatient beds are full, we failed.” That began a series of conversations with Oscar and the hospital system that spanned over the course of two years — and in the health care industry, two years is fast.
Now, the Oscar Center has opened its doors to Oscar members who are looking for both a simplified and a futuristic doctor visit. Gone are the clipboards asking your medical history and receptionists behind a desk; gone is the dimly lit waiting room. Instead, it’s been replaced with a futuristic health care center that will serve as both a doctor’s office and a community wellness center.
Take a look inside.
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