May 23 (Reuters) - CVS Health Corp ( CVS ) has been

seeking a private equity partner to fund growth at Oak Street

Health, a primary care provider it bought a year ago, Bloomberg

News reported on Thursday.

The company has been working with financial advisers to help

find capital to back new clinics that will be opened by Oak

Street, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the

matter.

The report said the deliberations are preliminary, the

structure could change and there is no guarantee a deal will be

reached.

The U.S. healthcare conglomerate bought Oak Street Health

for about $9.5 billion in February last year.

CVS had said in February it planned to nearly double the

business to 300 clinics by 2026 and aimed to grow the number of

Oak Street patients over time.

CVS did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for

comment.