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Medical Malpractice Law & Strategy

May 2008

Commercial Medical Practice: The Walk-in Clinic

What Is the Applicable Standard of Care?

By Amy J. Kolczak and Melissa P. Reading

Last June, the AMA requested that state and federal agencies initiate investigations into the growing retail-based health clinics run by major pharmacies across the country. The Association claims that there are potential conflicts of interest at these clinics, because the primary goal is profit-making by luring patients to the pharmacy to fill the prescriptions written by the in-house health provider.

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