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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, [...]

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

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

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 [...]

A telemedicine healthcare startup wants to create a profitable healthcare venture by connecting patients with medical doctors, and also getting a markup off of goods and services sold to [...]

Establishing the physician-patient relationship is often a requirement of state telemedicine law, but what does it mean that the physician has in fact “established” the physician-patient relationship?

Anti-aging and longevity medicine is everywhere these days. From California to Florida and everywhere in between, the health, wellness and beauty industry beckons people toward the promise of [...]

Physicians, chiropractors, and other healthcare licensees often want to function as “health coaches” and avoid thorny laws. Can they?

Healthcare providers who move beyond a brick-and-mortar physical practice often find themselves in a legal gray zone, wondering whether they are compliant, or even what rules might apply. This [...]

Many physicians, chiropractors, and other healthcare practitioners are wanting to start a cash-based, concierge or functional medicine practice yet not run afoul of legal and regulatory issues