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Many healthcare ventures seek to avoid corporate practice of medicine (or psychology) and fee-splitting violations, but they need to first understand how deeply down the rabbit hole these [...]

Here is a quick summary of federal self-referral ("Stark law") and anti-kickback law, and California self-referral and anti-kickback / fee-splitting rules. Each state has its own laws, of course.

While Medicare reimbursement for telemedicine has garnered a lot of attention, many states also have extensive laws about telehealth reimbursement. For example, California laws provide for [...]

Medicare pays an originating site fee, spurring telemedicine for Medicare recipients, but many facilities do not know how to find the rules or whether they are eligible. Medicare rules are [...]

How do you market an emerging healthcare practice, without running afoul of regulatory walls, from federal and state advertising law to licensing laws, and the law governing unfair business practices?

Neurofeedback, biofeedback, EEG, hypnosis, Reiki, energy healing ... how do practitioners evaluate, and handle, malpractice liability risk? Do they have obligations of informed consent? What [...]

Neurofeedback, biofeedback, EEG, hypnosis, Reiki, energy healing ... how do practitioners evaluate, and handle, malpractice liability risk? Do they have obligations of informed consent? What [...]

Is the practice of neurofeedback legally safe as part of another professional practice such as clinical psychology?

Who can legally practice neurofeedback—only licensed professionals—and what laws govern neurofeedback practice?

Neurofeedback, EEG, biofeedback entrain your brain, but are they legally safe practice? What do consumers and practitioners need to know? This 5-part series examines neurofeedback laws, including [...]

Many physicians, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and other healthcare practitioners want to know whether they are fee-splitting when they rent a room hourly from a medical practice or other [...]