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Oak Street Health to open Munhall primary-care center next week, highlights transportation and in-house services
Summary
Oak Street Health representatives told the Munhall Borough Council workshop that a primary-care center for Medicare beneficiaries will open next week on Eighth Avenue and emphasized long visit times, same-day labs and patient transportation services.
Oak Street Health will open a primary-care clinic in Munhall next Friday, outreach manager Joyce Sabo told the Munhall Borough Council workshop on March 11, 2025. The clinic, on Eighth Avenue in Homestead, is intended to serve Medicare beneficiaries and offers transportation and on-site testing.
The presentation gave details of Oak Street’s care model and why representatives said it matters for local seniors. "We are a primary care physician office that solely assists and cares for Medicare beneficiaries," Sabo said. Practice manager Jenna DiBiase said appointments at Oak Street are scheduled for 40 minutes and most diagnostic testing is performed in-house to reduce repeat visits.
Oak Street’s model, founded about 10 years ago, focuses on longer appointments and local supports, DiBiase said: same-day and next-day appointments, a 24/7 nurse line, on-site durable medical equipment and a transport van that picks patients up at home. Sabo and DiBiase said the practice has partnerships with insurers noted in the presentation, and that the site will help patients with insurance enrollment through independent agents.
Council members asked how patients qualify. DiBiase said the primary patient population is people on Medicare, typically age 65 and older, and patients younger than 65 on Medicare because of disability can also enroll. On credentialing, Sabo said Oak Street had completed most insurer sign-ups but was still finalizing credentialing with UPMC; she said the practice accepts Highmark and Aetna and is integrating with CVS Health pharmacy services.
The presenters invited council and residents to outreach events and to scheduled “welcome visits” to meet providers and see the facility ahead of enrollment. Sabo said Oak Street already had scheduled welcome visits and was doing targeted outreach in Munhall and nearby neighborhoods.
Oak Street Health, the presenters said, operates more than 250 centers in multiple states and focuses on Medicare beneficiaries. The council did not take any formal action on the presentation during the workshop.
Looking ahead, Oak Street representatives said they will attend upcoming community events and that council members who asked questions would be notified about outreach schedules and enrollment assistance.
