Integrative medicine standard of care: an evolving legal rule

Kudos to integrative medicine consultant Glenn Sabin for his bold post on integrative medicine standard of care - suggesting that integrative health should be the standard against which [...]

4 Legal Tips for Setting Up A Functional Medicine Practice

Here are 4 legal tips for setting up a functional medicine practice. When establishing your functional medicine practice, you'll be wading into clinical waters that are perhaps navigated by many [...]

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 [...]

How to avoid legal pitfalls of physician (MD) collaboration with chiropractors (DC)

How can integrative medicine physicians collaborate with chiropractors, without triggering unnecessary patient liability, medical board discipline, or other legal exposure for fee-splitting, [...]

“Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Alternative Medicine in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry”

"Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Alternative Medicine in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry" by Michael H. Cohen, Suzanne R. Natbony, and Ryan B. Abbott was published by Child and Adolescent [...]

Is it fee-splitting to share profits in an acupuncture, chiropractic, osteopathic, or MD physician group?

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