5 Legal Tips for Setting up a Functional Medicine Practice

WHEN ESTABLISHING YOUR FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE PRACTICE, YOU’LL BE WADING INTO CLINICAL WATERS THAT ARE OFTEN NAVIGATED BY MANY MEDICAL COLLEAGUES, YET NOT NECESSARILY ADOPTED WITHIN THE MAINSTREAM [...]

FON CONSULTING THE EVOLUTION OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE LAW AND WHAT THE FUTURE PORTENDS

FON: When you aren’t managing your practice and giving lectures, you’re practicing yoga. How did you discover integrative medicine and what impact has it had on your early law career and personal [...]

The strange world of the California medical board Fictitious Name Permit

The strange world of the California medical board Fictitious Name Permit inhabits one of those arcane places in healthcare law that many physician clients wonder about. Here's everything you [...]

Do retrospective physician bonuses violate anti-kickback laws?

Do retrospective physician bonuses violate anti-kickback laws? Well they are problematic.

Are online call centers illegally practicing medicine or engaging in kickbacks and fee-splitting?

Are online call centers illegally practicing medicine or engaging in kickbacks and fee-splitting?

Telemedicine Prescription and Distant Diagnosis Allowed? Read Telemedicine Laws Carefully – Interpretation Can Be Tricky

We know telemedicine is expanding, but are telemedicine prescription and distant diagnosis allowed under any given state legislative scheme? Sometimes the art of lawyering is the art of [...]

When Chiropractors work with Medical Doctors, fee-splitting issues arise

When Chiropractors work with Medical Doctors, fee-splitting issues arise. This is like Harry met Sally without the New Year's scene.

Transcendence: Is AI Energy Healing Feasible in the age of Superintelligence?

While I can't claim Marvin Minsky as a mentor I knew personally, his work did influence me--particularly his suggestion that the us v. them version of humans and robots (or AI) in the movies is [...]

“Medical director” creates enforcement red flags

"Medical director" creates enforcement red flags particularly when medical spas or health care ventures award the title willy-nilly. In this post, we discuss legal pitfalls and offer some legal [...]

When leaving a medical practice, can you take patient records?

When leaving a medical practice, can you take patient records?