Medical Director? Legal Cautions & General Recommendations

To be or NOT to be a Medical Director. That is the question. Recently we advised a physician who had received a terrific offer to become a medical director. The clinic itself was owned by a [...]

Botox, Fillers, IV Hydration, Legal?

So many medical spas and IV hydration clinics are opening, everyone wants to know the steps they need to take to launch. What agreements are necessary, what partners do you bring in, what do you [...]

Are Telemedicine Rules Consistent Across States?

In today’s video, we look at some of the convoluted, quirky paths that teletherapy laws and regulations can take.

Health Coaching Laws (Legal Strategy)

In today’s video, we return to the legal twists and turns of health coaching.

What Goes in Health Coaching Disclaimers?

In today’s video, we talk about how a disclaimer can help with you if you’re doing health coaching, even if you’re a medical doctor doing health coaching, chiropractor, psychologist, nursing [...]

How Anti-kickback and Fee-Splitting Permeates Healthcare Arrangements

In today’s video, we’ll talk about how anti-kickback and fee splitting concerns permeate healthcare arrangements, and some ways to spot arrangements that potentially violate these laws, vs. those [...]

Is Patient Brokering Fee-Splitting or a Kickback?

In today’s video, we are going to discuss patient brokering, fee-splitting and kickbacks.

Telemedicine: What’s Legal When Physicians Prescribe Online?

In today’s video, we turn back to the question of physician prescription online, but this time, we will focus on comparing some of the telemedicine laws across different states.

Is Physician Prescription by Telemedicine Legal? Part 2

In today’s video, we take a different tack on the question as to whether physician prescription by telemedicine is legal, illegal, or something in the middle. Let’s focus in on controlled [...]

Is Physician Prescription by Telemedicine Legal? Part 1

In today’s video, we return to the question as to whether physician prescription by telemedicine is legal or not.

Healthcare Startups: A Legal Services Primer

Let's say that you're a telehealth company and you've got some complicated healthcare, regulatory, legal, and compliance questions. You've got HIPAA you're concerned about, but maybe you have a [...]

MSO vs Professional Medical Corp: Legal Permutations

What's the difference between using the MSO model on one hand or the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act on the other? People sometimes get these two confused. So I'm going to give you a [...]

Can an MSO Operate a Medical Practice?

In today’s video, we talk about whether and how an MSO can operate a medical practice. The key here is, what do we mean by the term, “operate?” Are we talking about the business side, the [...]

Healthcare Lawyer Michael H. Cohen: My Story

What's your story? Why are you doing what you're doing? Why are you devoting so much of your time and energy and breath and resources and late nights thinking about your health and wellness [...]

What is a Legal Strategy Session?

What is a Legal Strategy Session and why do we do it?

BioIdentical Hormones Consent Forms & Legal Issues

In today’s video, we address legal issues and legal risk mitigation for clinical practices that prescribe bioidentical hormones or have a functional medicine or integrative medicine approach.

FDA Says Context Can Create Implied Disease Claims for Your Dietary Supplements

In today’s video, we talk about even more common labeling mistakes that dietary supplement manufacturers and distributors make when making marketing claims for their products.

Dietary Supplement Labeling Claims: Implied Disease Claims

In today’s video, we return to one of my favorite subjects, common labeling mistakes that dietary supplement manufacturers and distributors make when creating marketing claims for their products.

Health Coaching Plus: FDA Medical Device and Legal Issues

Here's today's scenario. Joe is someone who took biology, chemistry, thought about going to medical school, but didn't do so. Didn't get a license although he's got cousins that are nurses and [...]

How Can Telemedicine Companies Use the MSO Model?

Today, I’d like to talk about some key questions related to telehealth. Does telehealth use the MSO model, and are telemedicine companies and platforms essentially MSOs, and who cares? why does [...]