Physicians Practice March 30, 2015
More retail-based clinics are cropping up across the country. Here’s how your independent medical practice should respond.
Over the past few years, Terence R. McAllister has watched more and more retail-based clinics set up shop near his practice.”I think four or five years ago there was one nearby; now, there’s four or five, as well as some urgent-care clinics,” says the Plymouth, Mass.-based pediatrician. “There definitely are more of them out there.”
McAllister is not the only physician noticing this trend. Over the past few years, retail-based clinics, often referred to as “RBCs,” have surfaced inside thousands of pharmacies, supermarkets, and “big box” retailers across the country, and analysts predict that their growth will continue. A June 2013 report from...
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