Avoiding Malpractice Through Strong Informed Consent Practices

Informed consent is critical in all areas of medicine; it takes on added importance with integrative medicine, functional medicine, anti-aging and aesthetic medicine, and non-mainstream [...]

Federal Trade Commission Slams Homeopathic Drugs

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slammed homeopathic drugs with a guidance document on substantiation. This is perhaps the biggest regulatory backlash against homeopathic medicine since [...]

Kickbacks, Fee-Splitting, Corporate Practice of Medicine, Stark, MSOs: Guiding Healthcare Ventures through the Maze

Fundamentally, you’re worried about legal rules prohibiting kickbacks, fee-splitting, corporate practice of medicine, as well as Stark law; you don’t know whether the MSO or management structure [...]

FDA and FTC Encourage Public to Report Dietary Supplement Labeling Violations

If you’re a dietary supplement manufacturer or distributor, know that FDA and FTC now encourage the public to report dietary supplement labeling violations.