P4 Healthcare Means Medical Devices Increasingly Important in Healthcare Regulation

P4 medicine takes healthcare to a whole level, requiring deeper understanding of how healthcare & FDA law shape the path to market for your healthcare service or product.

Digital health personalizes medicine, revolutionizes healthcare, and makes healthcare law anachronistic

By putting healthcare in the hands of patients, healthcare technology is not only revolutionizing the way we think about medicine, but also the way laws shape personal health.

4 Ways to Minimize the Risk of an FDA, FTC or Private Plaintiff, Healthcare Fraud Label When Marketing Healthcare Products

Whenever you market a healthcare product, beware of potential FDA and FTC enforcement as well as private plaintiffs who can sue for false advertising, unfair competition, deceptive and misleading [...]

Legal Issues Buying or Selling an Urgent Care Center

When buying, selling, or starting an urgent care center, be sure to handle legal and regulatory pitfalls adroitly.

Will Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Lawyers Augment or Replace Human Attorneys

Will artificial intelligence (AI) replace or augment professional human functions such as the analytical prowess and advisory skill of a talented attorney, as machine intelligence evolves, and [...]

Your Medical Spa Fire Physician or Physician Sue Medspa for Breach of Contract

A physician called our law firm, complaining that the management company had "embezzled" funds from the account for the medical doctor's clinic. What should he do?

Medical Spa Due Diligence Questions – M&A due diligence checklist for buyer

If you the buyer of a medical spa in an M&A transaction, what kinds of due diligence questions should you ask regarding regulatory compliance?

Healthcare hacks and data breaches increasing, even as HIPAA compliance grows

Is your data safe? Healthcare hacks and data breaches increasing, even as HIPAA compliance grows. HIPAA training, HIPAA compliance, HIPAA manuals, HIPAA policies & procedures, HIPAA forms matter [...]

Veterinary Telemedicine Legal Issues Similar to Human Telemedicine

Are pets like humans under telemedicine laws and regulations? As telehealth laws continue to expand to accommodate telemedicine practices, more and more practitioners are jumping on the [...]

Which disruptive healthcare innovations will push medical frontiers in the next 5 years?

Pundits prognosticate, but how do we measure a future for healthcare when every trend morphs asymptotically?

The Next Healthcare Revolution is Inside You: Wearable Health Tech Legal & Regulatory Issues Will Astound Us

If you want to know where the next healthcare revolution will come from, look inside. Physical medicine becomes virtual medicine, becomes mobile healthcare, becomes wearable health and then [...]

These 3 integrative medicine legal trends can make or break your integrative medicine practice

Integrative medicine is morphing from an extension of complementary medicine and/or intrusion into conventional care, into everyday prevention and wellness. Find out how three integrative [...]

Is practicing hypnotherapy legal in California?

Is practicing hypnotherapy legal in California? That all depends on what the practitioner is doing and claiming.

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.

How are home health kits regulated under FDA and state law?

If you've designed a home health kit to test for, say, pregnancy or HIV, can you go ahead and market the product without FDA clearance or state law authorization? FDA regulates some health test [...]

What healthcare compliance program policies and procedures should be included in healthcare compliance program?

Health care governing boards can look to "Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards on Compliance Oversight" for advice in designing a compliance program.

Telemedicine laws expand as Arkansas legislates to encourage telemedicine use

Arkansas has a enacted statute encouraging telemedicine use. In Arkansas, SB 133, designed to "encourage the use of telemedicine," advises all state agencies to evaluate and amend their policies [...]

CFO Sentenced to Federal Prison for Falsely Attesting to Meaningful Use

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas pleaded guilty to making a false statement, in attesting to his hospital's compliance with "meaningful use" requirements.

How The Internet of Things Will Change Healthcare: Artificial Intelligence & Wellness Harness Information to Augment Your Experience

Once you "friend" your refrigerator on Facebook (because it's that smart, and knows about your dietary and nutritional habits than your doctor), healthcare will be unrecognizable even to fans of [...]

How will FDA regulate predictive clinical software as predictive analytics pushes medical frontiers?

Predictive analytics will push the frontiers of clinical care; the question is whether FDA regulation will promote or stifle innovation in the name of consumer protection.