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Legal and Compliance Strategies for Health Coaching Businesses
By Staff
In Healthcare Law
Posted May 8, 2025

Legal and Compliance Strategies for Health Coaching Businesses

Health coaching businesses must comply with state licensing laws, corporate practice of medicine rules, HIPAA, and FTC regulations when offering services. Learn legal strategies to structure your [...]

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MSOs For Nursing Businesses
By Staff
In Healthcare Law
Posted January 8, 2023

MSOs For Nursing Businesses

Nurse practices may consider using a managed service organization (MSO) to address corporate practice of medicine, anti-referral, and other compliance laws

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MSOs For Oncology Practitioners
By Staff
In Healthcare Law
Posted January 1, 2023

MSOs For Oncology Practitioners

Oncology practices may consider using a managed service organization (MSO) to address corporate practice of medicine, anti-referral, and other compliance laws

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Exceptions and Alternatives to The Corporate Practice of Medicine
By Staff
In Corporate practice of medicine
Posted December 1, 2021

Exceptions and Alternatives to The Corporate Practice of Medicine

California has a strict corporate practice of medicine law. Physicians should consider a professional medical corporation. Doctors need to be aware of Stark Law and the AKS. An MSO may be advisable.

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What Physicians Need to Know about the Corporate Practice of Medicine
By Staff
In Corporate practice of medicine
Posted November 1, 2021

What Physicians Need to Know about the Corporate Practice of Medicine

Most states prohibit the corporate practice of medicine but allow for professional medical corporations. The hiring of doctors by hospitals is mostly illegal in California.

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Legal Compliance Issues for Various Types Of Integrative Medical Practices – Acupuncture
By Staff
In Healthcare Law
Posted October 8, 2021

Legal Compliance Issues for Various Types Of Integrative Medical Practices – Acupuncture

Integrative medicine practices need to understand HIPAA, the corporate practice of medicine, Stark Law, the AKS, unauthorized practice of medicine, and many other compliance issues.

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Legal Compliance Issues for American Medical Tourism Health Practices
By Staff
In Healthcare Law
Posted February 22, 2021

Legal Compliance Issues for American Medical Tourism Health Practices

Physicians who wish to work in the medical tourism sector need to be careful to separate their medical tasks from their business and marketing tasks and to avoid fee-splitting issues

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When a chiropractor and medical doctor provide stem cell therapies together, how do they navigate healthcare law obstacles?
By Michael H Cohen
In Healthcare Law
Posted October 22, 2019

When a chiropractor and medical doctor provide stem cell therapies together, how do they navigate healthcare law obstacles?

Stem cell therapies, where chiropractors and medical doctors work together, raise challenges for healthcare lawyers…

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When Using a Management Services Organizations (MSO) Is the Right Choice for Your Medical Practice
By Staff
In Healthcare Law
Posted October 8, 2019

When Using a Management Services Organizations (MSO) Is the Right Choice for Your Medical Practice

Managed Services Organizations help physicians focus on practicing medicine by freeing doctors from many administrative tasks. Failure to consult with an MSO healthcare lawyer can cause civil and [...]

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Will Corporate Practice of Medicine Kill Your Healthcare Venture?
By Staff
In Healthcare Law
Posted August 22, 2019

Will Corporate Practice of Medicine Kill Your Healthcare Venture?

Whether your healthcare venture involves digital health, mobile health, or a physical health and wellness center, strong vs. weak corporate practice of medicine prohibitions can be deadly.

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Healthcare M&A: Do’s and Don’ts of Buying or Selling a Medical Practice
By Staff
In Healthcare Law
Posted May 22, 2019

Healthcare M&A: Do’s and Don’ts of Buying or Selling a Medical Practice

Buying and selling a medical practice is much different than selling a commercial business. Due diligence must address special healthcare legal compliance issues, licensing requirements, patient [...]

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Thinking of Giving Medical Advice without a Valid California Medical License? Think Again
By Michael H Cohen
In Healthcare Law
Posted November 22, 2018

Thinking of Giving Medical Advice without a Valid California Medical License? Think Again

Not understanding how and when California’s medical advice requirements can lead to criminal charges and medical discipline. What defenses may be available

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MSO Gets Light Enforcement Touch by California Appellate Court Reviewing Management Services Agreement Legal Issues
By Michael H Cohen
In Management Services Organizations (MSO) Agreements
Posted May 15, 2018

MSO Gets Light Enforcement Touch by California Appellate Court Reviewing Management Services Agreement Legal Issues

MSOs (medical services organizations), or physician management and marketing companies, routinely come to us for legal advice about how to create and run an MSO profitably, in a compliant way, [...]

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When Chiropractors work with Medical Doctors, fee-splitting issues arise
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By Michael H Cohen
In Healthcare Law
Posted November 1, 2016

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.

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Can an MSO control physicians given corporate practice of medicine?
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By Michael H Cohen
In Healthcare Law
Posted April 1, 2015

Can an MSO control physicians given corporate practice of medicine?

Can a medical management company or MSO control physicians given corporate of medicine concerns, especially in a strong corporate practice of medicine state? Whether the MSO can control [...]

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Dental licensing board’s monopoly power challenged by U.S. Supreme Court
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By Michael H Cohen
In Healthcare Law
Posted March 23, 2015

Dental licensing board’s monopoly power challenged by U.S. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court case of North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC is, in some ways, a watershed in terms of judicial resistance to monopolization of health care practices by a licensing board.

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Is it fee-splitting for medical doctors to share revenues with non-medical business owners?
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By Michael H Cohen
In Healthcare Law, Integrative & Complementary Medicine, Medical Spa Law, Stark & Anti-Kickback Law
Posted January 8, 2015

Is it fee-splitting for medical doctors to share revenues with non-medical business owners?

"I provide medical (or acupuncture, chiropractic, osteopathic, massage) services on an hourly basis and get paid a percentage of revenues in return.” Is that fee-splitting?

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Key Legal & Regulatory Trends in the Trillion-Dollar Healthcare Market for the New Year
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By Michael H Cohen
In General, Healthcare Law, Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Posted November 28, 2014

Key Legal & Regulatory Trends in the Trillion-Dollar Healthcare Market for the New Year

If you think Obamacare is the most important story in regulation of healthcare, you're missing these key trends that will shape the medicine of 2015 and beyond. Remember that technological [...]

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Physicians are shifting to concierge medicine and direct pay, or joining health networks
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By Michael H Cohen
In Concierge & Retainer Medicine, Healthcare Law
Posted September 2, 2014

Physicians are shifting to concierge medicine and direct pay, or joining health networks

The private practice of medicine increasingly is disappearing or morphing into concierge medicine, direct pay, or practice through giant health systems, reports the Los Angeles Times.

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If someone asks you to be Medical Director, run….
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By Michael H Cohen
In Healthcare Law
Posted April 5, 2014

If someone asks you to be Medical Director, run….

There's an old quote that says: "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!" And what if your friendly neighborhood chiropractor asks you to be Medical Director, especially in California? [...]

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California Chiropractic Board Adopts New Regulations for the Use of Laser in Chiropractic
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By Michael H Cohen
In Healthcare Law
Posted September 18, 2012

California Chiropractic Board Adopts New Regulations for the Use of Laser in Chiropractic

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

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Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine Legal & Regulatory Issues
By Michael H Cohen
In FDA & FTC Law, Healthcare Law
Posted July 12, 2012

Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine Legal & Regulatory Issues

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) [...]

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