Maryland physician investor Ernest Carter bought the cash-strapped Birmingham company in April 2007. His capital infusion allowed WellSpot to reopen previously closed clinics in Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida last spring and summer. On Feb. 4 WellSpot’s corporate headquarters closed and its clinics shut down the following week. WellSpot Inc. had 10 corporate employees and two nurse practitioners in each clinic. WellSpot clinics were primarily located in grocery stores and provided medical evaluations and lab work, vaccinations, immunizations and routine physicals. WellSpot clinics provided prescription services and were open seven days a week. Source: Birmingham Business Journal
Original Publication Date: March 14, 2008
Bi-Lo Inc. is no longer offering Wellspot clinics at its grocery stores, corporate officials said Friday.
The clinics had been owned and operated by an Alabama company, which rented space in the stores. But the company could not find enough nurse practitioners to staff them, according to Curtis Hartin Sr., director of pharmacy for Bi-Lo.
The clinics, which offered health care for minor ailments as well as tests, immunizations and physicals while shopping and without an appointment, were popular, Hartin said. But without the staff to run them, revenue declined and they were closed in February.
Bi-Lo had 11 Wellspot clinics in the Upstate and one in Chatanooga at super stores, according to spokeswoman Joyce Smart. No decision has been made about what will be done with the space, she said.
Source: YourUpstateHealth.com
Original Publication Date: March 1, 2008
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