Walk-ins welcome, but only if they're healthy

A California physician says the philosophy behind his WellnessMart is that the sick and the well should go to separate places for care.

By Karen Caffarini, AMNews staff.

April 28, 2008.

As an internist and emergency physician, Richard McCauley, MD, spends five shifts a month treating the sick and injured at a California VA hospital. But on just about every other day, he can be found at a local strip mall, catering to the healthy.

Dr. McCauley owns WellnessMart, which he describes as a health store for the healthy. Two different groups of patients, two different locations. That's the way Dr. McCauley believes it should be.