Should Medical Doctors Become Health Coaches (and Stop Practicing Medicine)?

In today’s video, we address questions by clinical practitioners, like Medical Doctors, Chiropractors, Acupuncturists, and others, about providing services outside, beyond, different than their [...]

Is a Good Faith Exam Required before Prescribing via Telemedicine?

In today’s video, we discuss whether a good faith exam is required before prescribing via telemedicine. We’ll focus not on the individual physician’s practice but rather on a telehealth startup.

Are Friendly PC’s Legit?

In today’s video, we circle back to the relationship between the professional corporation (or PC) and the management services organization (or MSO) that runs the business side of a healthcare [...]

Can a Telehealth App Pay Its Healthcare Providers a Percentage of Revenue or Per-Client, Per-Patient Fee?

In today’s video, we canvass whether a telehealth software platform can pay its healthcare providers a percentage of revenue or per-client, per-patient fee. In today’s example, the healthcare [...]

Can Health & Wellness Centers Legally Create a Telehealth Presence?

In today’s video, we address a physician’s questions about creating a health and wellness center while developing a telehealth presence.

How Do State Anti-Kickback Laws Restrict Physicians?

In today’s video, we’ll show you how pervasive anti-kickback laws are and when healthcare ventures and clinical practitioners need to worry about them.

How Does a Telehealth Practice or App Establish a Valid Physician-Patient Relationship?

In today’s video, we’ll return to whether a good faith exam is required of a telemedicine practice or telehealth startup, and we’ll look at the requirement that the clinical practice establish a [...]

Are These Drug Claims or Cosmetics Claims?

In today’s video, we focus on anti-aging products to determine whether FDA will likely regulate your product as a drug instead of cosmetic.

Are Anti-Aging Claims Drug Claims or Cosmetics Claims?

In today’s video, we focus on anti-aging products to determine whether FDA will likely regard your product as a drug instead of a cosmetic, which where you wanted to be.

Legal Limits of Health Coaching: A Risk Analysis

In today’s video, we address legal limits of health coaching in a risk analysis.

What Does the MSO Do if Physicians “Go Rogue?”

In today’s video, we answer questions about the flow of payments between an MSO and a professional medical corporation.

The “Complementary and Alternative Medicine” Safe Harbor to Unlicensed Practice

In today’s video, we talk about the safe harbor to unlicensed medical practice and what it requires of the practitioner.

Unlicensed Practice of Medicine, Psychology or Nutrition: Legal Perils

In today’s video, we talk about the perils of unlicensed practice.

Nurse Practitioner Telehealth Functional Medicine vs. Coaching (Laws & Legal)

In today’s video, we are going to combine three different threads: a Nurse Practitioner wants to start a functional medicine practice, via telehealth, multi-state, and she wants to call it “coaching.”

Does Corporate Practice of Medicine Prohibit Employing Physicians?

In today’s video, we’ll give you some examples of strong prohibitions against corporate practice of medicine and how these can bite you.

Can an ND Supervise Nurse IV Injections?

Hello again, today’s scenario focuses on a large health and wellness center that integrates IV therapies and deploys a naturopathic doctor (ND) supervising nurses.

Won’t Corporate Practice of Medicine Just Go Away?

In today’s video, we return to the Corporate Practice of Medicine prohibition and talk about whether CPM concerns ever really go away.

Tips for Choosing a Healthcare Lawyer

How do you choose a healthcare or FDA lawyer? How do you pick? There are so many firms. A lot of firms try to dazzle you with price. They try to throw a supposed freebie at you, and they pretend [...]

How Does an MSO Contract with a Professional Medical Corporation?

In today’s video, we talk about the relationship between the MSO and the professional medical corporation—or in the case of mental health, it might be a psychological or behavioral health [...]

Can the MSO Legally Brand the Healthcare Venture?

In today’s video, we return to the puzzle of how the MSO brands its enterprise, given that the licensed medical doctor calls the shots for the professional medical corporation in the venture.

Can Non-Licensed Practitioners Avoid Practice of Medicine Issues?

Right here, on today’s video, we are going to help unlicensed (or non-licensed) practitioners understand how prohibitions against unlicensed practice of medicine might or might not constrain [...]

What Are the New Laws Around AB 890?

This is a California-specific law. And many states already recognize nurses and provide nurses with the authority to practice autonomously. California was one of those holdout states that didn't [...]

Can Physicians Legally Invest in a Startup-Owned Pharmacy?

In today’s video, we address whether a physician can legally invest in a pharmacy that is owned by a startup that provides online telehealth services, including diagnosis and prescription based [...]

Medical Spa Laws Specify Doctor Supervision Level

In today’s video, we dive deep into some of the laws governing medical spa and physician supervision of nurses.

Medical Spa Laws Detail Physician vs. Nurse Authority

In today’s video, we return to physician supervision of nurses within a medical spa.

MD Partners with Nutritionist or Chiropractor: Legal Trouble?

In today’s video, we talk about a proposed partnership between a licensed medical doctor and a nutritionist, chiropractor, etc.

Healthcare Startup Partners with MD, Chiropractor, Nurse: Legal Jeopardy?

In today’s video, we’ll talk about a healthcare startup that wants to buy a medical or psychological or chiropractic practice and/or let’s just say partner with an MD, NP or RN, psychologist, or [...]

Anti-Kickback vs. Stark: When do these laws apply?

In today’s video, we give a brief refresher on the difference between Stark and anti-kickback laws.

Telehealth, Tele-Counseling Legal

In today’s video, we describe legal strategies to help your telehealth, tele-counseling practice flourish.

Telehealth Law FAQs

In today’s video, we discuss legal strategy for a telehealth startup.

Medical Spa Raises Legal Questions About Scope

In today’s video, we discuss key legal issues faced by a recent medical spa client.

Health Coaching and Unlicensed Medical Practice

In today’s video, we discuss legal issues related to health coaching and unlicensed medical practice.

Do Healthcare Startups and Coaches Need Informed Consent?

In today’s video, we discuss what you need to know if you’re a healthcare company or coach who need a consent form.

Does Physician Prescription by Telemedicine Raise FDA Issues?

In today’s video, we look again at whether physician prescription by telemedicine is legal. But this time we are going to zoom in on FDA and FTC issues.

When Does Health Coaching “Slippery Slope” into Medical Practice?

In today’s video, we talk about the slippery slope between practicing medicine, on one hand, and hanging up your physician or psychology or other license hat and doing health coaching, on the [...]

How Can a Multi-Disciplinary Health & Wellness Platform Handle Legal Risks?

In today’s video, we ask: what are some key legal strategies that a multi-disciplinary health and wellness, mobile platform or app can deploy to handle legal risks?