Gawande says health venture is not seeking profits. But whose bottom line will it benefit?

Dr. Atul Gawande has described his new health care company as a “nonprofit” that will operate independently from the three massive corporations providing its funding — a firewall he said is crucial to ensuring its mission stays focused on the needs of patients.

But since he was named CEO in June, the three founders of the company — Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway — have remained circumspect about the health venture’s precise legal structure, focus, and funding.

A person familiar with the inner-workings of the enterprise told STAT that its corporate creators