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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 [...]

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Jill’s healthcare venture requires her to source a medical doctor (MD) who can collaborate with Jill’s startup to provide a series of innovative healthcare therapies to users

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

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?

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

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 [...]

Is the MSO Structure the Answer to Kickback and Corporate Practice of Medicine Concerns in Digital Health and Telemedicine?

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.

If you've invested tens, hundreds of thousands of dollars or possibly even millions into your business, then, of course, you want to be a sensible business person and have a reasonable [...]

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 [...]

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

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, [...]

When Chiropractors work with Medical Doctors, fee-splitting issues arise. This is like Harry met Sally without the New Year's scene.

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?