The American Medical Association has called for investigations into potential conflicts of interest posed by joint ventures between store-based health clinics and pharmacy chains, which one expert said could impact workers' compensation system costs.
The AMA effort has been driven by retailers who said that store-based health clinics help drive additional store traffic, which can increase sales of lucrative prescription drugs and other non-health related products.
Joseph Paduda, president of PharmaComp, said such clinics can either increase or decrease workers' compensation pharmacy costs.
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