What doctors, users, growers and others should understand about the passage of Prop 64 and Prop 215
Learn How California’s Adult Marijuana Recreational Use and Medical Use Laws Apply to You from an Experienced California Cannabis Lawyer
The Legal Dangers Physicians Face When Working with Third Parties
Physicians regularly work with businesses who want the doctors to use their products. To encourage physicians to choose their practice over competitor practices, vendors often offer incentives. [...]
Do Discounted Vitamin Shots Create Legal Risk of Enforcement?
Anti-aging and longevity medicine is everywhere these days. From California to Florida and everywhere in between, the health, wellness and beauty industry beckons people toward the promise of [...]
Can the MSO Legally Brand the name of a Medical Clinic?
If you have a medical management company (MSO), you might be wondering, can your MSO brand itself with the same name as the medical clinic, and even license the name to the physician that owns [...]
Are you a Physician or a Health Coach? Lawyer Up!
Whether you’re a health coach or a physician trying to be a health coach, understanding these key legal issues can help you manage liability risks.
An Overview of Legal, Ethical, and Compliance Issues Governing Physician Relationships Doctors Should Know
Doctors need to understand the laws and regulations that apply to the way they bill for services, work with insurance companies, submit claims to the government, enter into business relationships [...]
What Legal Strategies Work for Multi-Disciplinary Healthcare Practices Involving MDs, DCs, and NPs?
Hello, this is Michael H. Cohen – I am a healthcare and FDA attorney and the founder of the Cohen Healthcare Law Group. I am going to talk today about multi-disciplinary clinical healthcare [...]
Functional Medicine Wellness Practices Gain Legal Traction
Functional medicine wellness practices must answer to similar legal rules as medical practices in general – only we tailor our legal consults to the needs of the particular functional medicine [...]
Navigate the Weird Legal Twists and Turns of Your State’s Telemedicine’s Laws
Telemedicine offers a lot of promise for both physicians and patients. For doctors, it offers another source of revenue – new patients. Telemedicine can mean lower expenses as well because [...]
Is your therapy an FDA-regulated medical device? How would you know?
Today’s legal strategy sessions involved a healthcare business that is really a healthcare practice in disguise. Let’s look at what legal strategy lessons we can learn here.
Corporate Practice of Medicine: Medical Management Organizations and Professional Medical Corporation–Who Controls What?
The Corporate Practice of Medicine (CPM) doctrine continues to befuddle, beleaguer, and bewilder healthcare companies seeking to venture with physicians and non-physician entrepreneurs.
Is Clinical Decision-Making (CDS) Software Expanded or More Legally Ambiguous under the CURES Act?
The CURES Act codifies the way FDA has regulated clinical decision-making software, but is this better or worse for healthcare startups that are trying to position their software within the CDS model?
When Is Telemedicine Legally Risky Business?
Telemedicine laws are increasingly permissive, as more and more states understand the value of providing healthcare services online instead of through brick-and-mortar.
Is Health Coaching Legal aka Can You Function as a “Health Coach” and Avoid Medical Licensing or Board Discipline?
Physicians, chiropractors, and other healthcare licensees often want to function as “health coaches” and avoid thorny laws. Can they?
Does Healthcare Law Favor or Smash Integrated Healthcare Practices Between Medical Doctors and Chiropractors?
Many aspects of healthcare are now becoming integrated. Medical practices that used to specialize are now trying to broaden their services by contracting with other medical providers who provide [...]
Is Buying a Medical Spa a Smart Move for a Medical Doctor?
You’re a licensed medical doctor, happy in your aesthetic medicine or plastic surgery practice, and you’re working part-time with a medical spa in a way that is increasing your income without [...]
Licensed ND Subject to Discipline for Offering “Shots” and Falsely Advertising Professional Services
A California investigation and disciplinary action against a California naturopathic doctors suggests how physicians can incur legal jeopardy when operating a medical spa, holistic healthcare [...]
Prescribing through Telemedicine Raises Legal Challenges: Learn the Regulatory Terrain
As prescribing through telemedicine raises legal challenges, understanding where telemedicine laws are tough can help you design your telemedicine startup.
3 Keys to Managing Legal Risks in Healthcare Ventures with MDs
Healthcare ventures between entrepreneurs and medical risks create legal risks of corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting. In this article, learn 3 keys to navigating these healthcare [...]
Exceptions to the Stark Law Prohibition of Medical Referrals
The Stark Law governs what types of referrals doctors can make if they bill for Medicare and Medicaid. The presumption is that that referrals made by a doctor to a designated health service are [...]
