California Steps Up Enforcement with New Law Targeting Medical Spa Treatments: Part 2 (Corporate Practice of Medicine Issues; Legal Strategies)

New California law enhances penalties for medical spa owners and operators that violate the prohibition against unlicensed medical practice, raising visibility and adding deterrence. In Part 1 [...]

California Steps Up Enforcement with New Law Targeting Medical Spa Treatments: Part 1 (Increased Enforcement, Penalties)

California law now includes increased penalties for medical spa owners who violate the corporate practice of medicine and engage in unlicensed medical practice.

Robocare Expands with IRobot’s Telemedicine Practice

Telemedicine laws continue to define online health ventures, but meanwhile industry expands robotic telemedicine options.

Case Study: Branding Your Medical Spa or Anti-Aging Clinic—Legal Considerations—Part 3 (Physicians & Estheticians)

Medical doctors as well as non-physician clients frequently ask our healthcare legal team about including non-medical personnel, such as licensed estheticians, in a practice that combines [...]

Case Study: Branding Your Medical Spa or Anti-Aging Clinic—Legal Considerations—Part 2 (Branding & Marketing)

Branding your medical spa, longevity center, or anti-aging clinic raises legal and regulatory challenges that a skilled healthcare attorney can help you navigate

Case Study: Branding Your Medical Spa or Anti-Aging Clinic—Legal Considerations—Part 1 (Board Investigations; Structure)

Our healthcare attorneys recently advised a business venture that wanted to brand a medical spa or anti-aging clinic in California, as the first of a nationwide series of medical clinics.

Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine Legal & Regulatory Issues

Entrepreneurs who fail to properly take into account legal and regulatory issues before opening a longevity and anti-aging medical clinic or health education (or telehealth / telemedicine) [...]

Health Care Reform – Legal – Part 3: Longevity & Anti-Aging Medicine, Genomics, Robotics, Nanotechnology, and The New Healthcare Legal Landscape

Healthcare reform—aka “Obamacare”—changes much of the financial, tax, and insurance landscape for healthcare. However, it leaves huge swathes of healthcare law untouched.

Health Care Reform – Legal – Part 2: The New Regulatory Landscape

Health care reform will continue with a myriad of legal and regulatory changes over the next few years.

Health Care Reform – Legal & Regulatory – Part 1: The Supreme Court Opinion

In National Federation of Independent Business, et al. v. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the so-called “individual mandate” in [...]