Concierge or Functional Medicine Practice Legal Issues: An Overview

Many physicians, chiropractors, and other healthcare practitioners are wanting to start a cash-based, concierge or functional medicine practice yet not run afoul of legal and regulatory issues

Legal review of concierge medicine contracts is needed to handle regulatory issues & liability risks

Legal review of concierge medicine contracts is needed to handle regulatory issues & liability risks, as otherwise medical doctors opening concierge practices risk triggering all sorts of [...]

A concierge medicine legal issues checklist

A concierge medicine legal issues checklist is handy for physicians contemplating a concierge medicine practice and concerned about legal questions.

How to Rock Concierge Medicine Laws by Creating a Concierge Medicine Legal Checklist

Learn how to rock concierge medicine laws by answering some key concierge medicine legal questions.

Concierge medical practice vs. retail medicine clinic: which one competes more successfully?

In the showdown at the commercial coral between concierge medical practices and retail medicine, which one will trump? With these two behemoths taking such a chunk out of traditional medical [...]

Does your concierge medicine advertising create legal jeopardy and liability?

Advertising and marketing are two areas that concierge medicine practices frequently neglect when assessing liability risk. But legal jeopardy can arise from advertising and marketing claims on [...]

Does anyone remember Hammurabi? Concierge Medicine Today Features “Does Concierge Medicine Advertising Create Liability”

Concierge Medicine Today featured “Does Concierge Medicine Advertising Create Liability” by healthcare and FDA Michael H. Cohen. The article analyzes the recent verdict against MDVIP based on [...]

Packaging medical services – is it a legal concierge arrangement, or an illegal kickback?

If you're a medical doctor, dentist, acupuncturist, chiropractor, or other licensed healthcare provider, and you offer your patients "9 sessions, get 1 free," have you violated kickback laws?

Physicians are shifting to concierge medicine and direct pay, or joining health networks

The private practice of medicine increasingly is disappearing or morphing into concierge medicine, direct pay, or practice through giant health systems, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Concierge medicine, direct pay, and employee wellness clinic legal issues

Concierge medicine legal issues require adroit navigation as medical practices continue to move into concierge and hybrid models. Our law firm handles concierge medicine practices, providing [...]

Packaging services raises anti-kickback and fee-splitting issues, even in “concierge” medicine practice

Our concierge medicine lawyers represent physicians and medical practices seeking to develop concierge medicine practices, and so we see many questions about the legality of "packaging" medical [...]

How Medicare.gov helps with legal review of concierge medicine services

The government's Medicare website is useful in performing a legal and regulatory review of what healthcare services a concierge medical practice might offer.

Concierge Medicine Today features “LEGAL: Concierge Medicine v. Direct Primary Care: Legal Issues”

Concierge Medicine Today, a leading digital resource for timely, trusted health news and concierge medical information, featured LEGAL: Concierge Medicine v. Direct Primary Care: Legal Issues.

Concierge Medicine Today Features Post on Concierge Medicine Legal by Michael H. Cohen

The concierge medicine news source, Concierge Medicine Today, featured LEGAL: Concierge Medicine Raises Legal Issues by Michael H. Cohen.

Concierge Medicine v. Direct Primary Care: Legal Issues

Concierge medicine and direct primary care both raise legal issues, though they present different models in terms of how they handle insurance.