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Doctors, hospitals, med spas, pharmacies and other healthcare providers may violate the False Claims Act if they violate Stark Law or the Anti-Kickback Statute in addition to inflating bills, [...]

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…

Interview with an expert in healthcare privacy and security, both on the federal side with HIPAA, and the state side, especially California law.

While the market for cannabis (or medical marijuana) grows due to the liberalization of state, cannabis companies can learn about legal and regulatory pitfalls.

As a healthcare and FDA attorney, I’ve written demand letters for my clients involving various alleged acts of wrongdoing that they had to fight against. These demand letters can be very tough on [...]

Physicians and healthcare startups beware of FDA, FTC, and medical board liability: what you don’t know.

This is a story about how Harry, a healthcare entrepreneur, worked through a proposed arrangement that was raising Stark and Anti-Kickback issues.

Harry met Sally because Harry had migraines, sinusitis, chronic fatigue or tiredness of unknown origin, depression or just an emotional heaviness, or maybe because he needed help with [...]

You think you’ve got HIPAA compliance handled, in order to try to stay ahead of steep federal penalties, and then learn that is just the beginning of the story. HIPAA compliance itself is thorny. [...]