Healthcare Law

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires that advertising be truthful and not misleading, and will take enforcement action if mobile app developers make deceptive claims about their apps.

American Telemedicine Association President-Elect Ed Brown, M.D., founder and CEO of the Ontario Telemedicine Network, coined this phrase at the American Telemedicine Association annual meeting.

Attorney Michael H. Cohen was quoted in The Tan Sheet (2/25/13) in "Turning Blogger Relationships Into Gold Takes Careful Management," by Lisa Gillepsie

Does health care reform discuss wellness and prevention?Yes, among other things, the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) provides incentives for individuals to focus on wellness.

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

Telemedicine legal and regulatory issues are complicated by the fact that there are numerous legal definitions of telemedicine.

The FDA issued a warning letter citing a dietary supplement company for its online content.In its warning letter to dietary supplement manufacturer M.D.R. Fitness Corp., the FDA warned that [...]

Healthcare reform is creating incentives for even more legislative scrambles by different practitioner lobbying groups for favorable legislation that will protect, preserve, and expand their own [...]

The FTC put out a press release on a settlement regarding data breaches on mobile smartphones and cellphones.

The HIPAA Omnibus rule makes a number of additional important changes to breach analysis in case of a breach of unsecured PHI.

The HIPAA / HITECH Privacy Rule has been changed.Under the Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for [...]

The Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic [...]

The Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic [...]

The FTC blasted POM Wonderful for making deceptive and unsupported advertising claims regarding their pomegranate products.

California Attorney General has released Privacy On the Go: Recommendations for the Mobile Ecosystem

The Hospice of Northern Idaho (HONI) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $50,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and [...]

Much-anticipated regulation protects patient privacy under HIPAA and HITECH

An acupuncture student from Northern California wrote in asking the following question about fee-splitting, kickbacks, Stark / self-referral, and group practices.

Some states restrict the markup a physician can have on sales of dietary supplements. For example, New Jersey law has some relevant law.

The FTC Statement to Congress on Deceptive Marketing of Dietary Supplements is a good place to begin to understand legal compliance issues regarding marketing

The 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign is embroiled in a criminal investigation for healthcare fraud and other violationsThe FDA and FBI are investigating.

Telemedicine laws will change if the U.S. Congress enacts the “Healthcare Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act” (“HIMTA”), a bill which seeks to establish the “Office of Mobile Health” [...]

California is an early adopter once again, this time with respect to regulating medical volunteers.

Medical researchers are growing spare parts from stem cells inside the human body.Another practice, called bioprinting, builds body parts much like an inkjet printer:

The Board of Chiropractic Examiners in California has adopted new regulations for the use of lasers in chiropractic

Now I've heard it all - two dogs in a pet therapy program with hi-tech names. Want to guess? They are called "Twitter" and "Blackberry."

Telemedicine laws continue to define online health ventures, but meanwhile industry expands robotic telemedicine options.

Branding your medical spa, longevity center, or anti-aging clinic raises legal and regulatory challenges that a skilled healthcare attorney can help you navigate

Entrepreneurs who fail to properly take into account legal and regulatory issues before opening a longevity and anti-aging medical clinic or health education (or telehealth / telemedicine) [...]

Health care reform will continue with a myriad of legal and regulatory changes over the next few years.

In National Federation of Independent Business, et al. v. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the so-called “individual mandate” in [...]

With HIPAA compliance enforcement on the rise, it's no wonder medical practices are wondering what they can do to help protect the privacy and confidentiality of their patients.

What if everyone wore mobile wireless devices, but some nefarious parties could somehow send signals and interfere with them? This dark scenario was brought to my attention in an article [...]

HIPAA legal and regulatory compliance can help healthcare entities, such as doctors' office, mitigate liability risk. However, compliance must include strong HIPAA policies, procedures, and forms [...]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a $100,000 settlement and plan take corrective action to implement policies and procedures to safeguard the protected health [...]