Healthcare Law

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the agency is sending warning letters to companies that claim its products can treat or prevent coronavirus (COVID-19) due to lack of scientific evidence

Non-Physicians including chiropractors, dentists, psychologists, nurses, and acupuncturists can get into serious civil and criminal trouble if they don’t know or don’t comply with a range of [...]

Questions and answers by the Food and Drug Administration regarding the regulation of CBD products for medical uses, for drug uses, use as dietary supplements, and for other uses.

The healthcare industry is a complicated, multi-trillion-dollar gargantuan and require that a healthcare law firm deploy its specialized knowledge across multiple domains.

The OCR of the DHHS announced a new online decision tool to help HIPAA covered entities understand protected health information compliance during the COVID-19 emergency

The Department of Human Service’s Office of Civil Rights offers new HIPAA guidance during the COVID-19 public health emergency

Both the FTC and FDA are reviewing your web and print marketing materials. If you make unsupported medical and treatment claims about your CBD promotions, you will receive a warning letter.

As gyms and medical fitness centers expand the services and products they offer and depend more on physician referrals and doctor employment, compliance review becomes a must.

California passes its own versions of the federal EKRA law. The legislation was enacted due to the increase of opioid deaths and cases of addiction. Failure to comply with the new law can result [...]

Medical providers must abide by Stark Law and the AKS. Referrals must be based on what is best for the patient. If profit is the driver, the providers will often pay a substantial settlement or [...]

As gyms and medical fitness centers expands the services and products they offer and depend more on physician referrals and doctor employment, compliance review becomes a must.

The California Department of Managed Health Care’s (DMHC) passed a new regulation, effective July 1, 2019 that expands the types of healthcare companies that must be licensed

As gyms and medical fitness centers expands the services and products they offer and depend more on physician referrals and doctor employment, compliance review becomes a must.

Doctors, hospitals, med spas, pharmacies and other healthcare providers may violate the False Claims Act if they violate Stark Law or the Anti-Kickback Statute in addition to inflating bills, [...]

California, New York, and doctors everywhere need to understand what state laws apply to telemedicine including who can offer telemedicine, what consents from the patient are needed, and whether [...]

Physicians providing aesthetic and cosmetic medical services and healthcare startups involved in aesthetic, medspa and cosmetic medicine, need to understand corporate practice of medicine issues, [...]

Case study of a pain management doctor starting a new medical spa. Why a managed service organization is a smart consideration is the focus of the discussion.

Some of the common questions that come up on health and wellness industry.

Doctors need to understand what laws apply to telemedicine including who can offer telemedicine, what consents from the patient are needed, and whether prescriptions require an in-office visit.

Is the corporate practice of medicine a historical anachronism that's going to be done away with over time or even in the very short term?