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It’s been a big year for Pykosz and Oak Street Health. After raising $352 million in its IPO in August, the primary care clinic network swiftly expanded, launching 13 new clinics in the third quarter. Some of those clinics are part of a partnership with Walmart. “At a time when primary care is struggling, our model is further needed,” Pykosz said in September. “We already felt that our model could provide much higher-quality care, but now COVID just really added another layer to that.”