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Regulatory compliance and business transactional review of digital health companies and practices including telemedicine, medical software, health hardware, and the IoT.

Veterinary practices are subject to most of the regulations human medical practices are subject. The rules that govern veterinary practices do differ though because animals are different than people

A case study and FAQs for medical practices who are considering using telemedicine to provide medical services in addition to or in place of in-person consultations.

The current status of rules and regulations for telehealth services including Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement requirement, credentials and privileges, and what services are not considered [...]

The healthcare industry is a complicated, multi-trillion-dollar gargantuan and require that a healthcare law firm deploy its specialized knowledge across multiple domains.

In response to the public health emergency created by the novel coronavirus, various agencies such as the DHHS and FTC are announcing new compliance rules.

California, New York, and doctors everywhere need to understand what state laws apply to telemedicine including who can offer telemedicine, what consents from the patient are needed, and whether [...]

Doctors need to understand what laws apply to telemedicine including who can offer telemedicine, what consents from the patient are needed, and whether prescriptions require an in-office visit.

Physicians who treat mental health services and substance abuse need to understand the federal and state laws they must comply with. Medical Doctors who provide telemedicine services need to know [...]

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

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?

BECAUSE TELEHEALTH AND TELEMEDICINE OFTEN INVOLVE PRACTICE ACROSS STATE LINES, HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS MUST UNDERSTAND THE STATE LAWS WHICH ALLOW PRACTICE IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE HEALTHCARE [...]

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 [...]

A FEW YEARS AGO, TELEMEDICINE AND TELEHEALTH BURST ON THE SCENE, IMMEDIATELY CHALLENGING ESTABLISHED LEGAL FRAMEWORKS BUILT AROUND BRICK-AND-MORTAR PRACTICES. The novelty forced healthcare [...]

Pundits prognosticate, but how do we measure a future for healthcare when every trend morphs asymptotically?

Learn how to rock concierge medicine laws by answering some key concierge medicine legal questions.

With 2015 right around the corner, here are 5 legal and regulatory issues that integrative health practitioners need to know.

American Telemedicine Association President-Elect Ed Brown, M.D., founder and CEO of the Ontario Telemedicine Network, coined this phrase at the American Telemedicine Association annual meeting.

Telemedicine legal and regulatory issues are complicated by the fact that there are numerous legal definitions of telemedicine.

Telemedicine laws will change if the U.S. Congress enacts the “Healthcare Innovation and Marketplace Technologies Act” (“HIMTA”), a bill which seeks to establish the “Office of Mobile Health” [...]

Now I've heard it all - two dogs in a pet therapy program with hi-tech names. Want to guess? They are called "Twitter" and "Blackberry."

Telemedicine laws continue to define online health ventures, but meanwhile industry expands robotic telemedicine options.

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) [...]