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“Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Alternative Medicine in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry” (Updated 2019-03-30)
“From Wall Street to Awakening” Features Interview with Healthcare & FDA Lawyer Michael H. Cohen (Updated 2019-09-28)
“Medical director” creates enforcement red flags (Updated 2024-05-07)
“The Doctor Weighs In” Features Interview on FDA Mobile Medical App Regulation (Updated 2025-09-12)
“Healthcare Lawyer” vs “FDA Lawyer” (Updated 2025-08-18)
10 Legal Tips to Stop FDA from Classifying Your Dietary Supplement as a Drug (Updated 2025-09-12)
10 Ways a Dietary Supplement Can Be Regulated Like A Drug (Oops!) (Updated 2025-08-18)
10 Ways Your Dietary Supplement or Cosmetic is a Drug (Updated 2025-08-18)
2004 Archived News (Updated 2025-08-22)
2005 Archived News (Updated 2025-08-21)
2006 Archived News (Updated 2025-08-21)
2007 Archived News (Updated 2025-08-21)
2008 Archived News (Updated 2025-08-21)
2009 Archived News (Updated 2025-08-26)
2010 Archived News (Updated 2025-08-21)
2011 Archived News (Updated 2025-08-21)
3 FDA Legal Traps When Marketing your Dietary Supplement Product (Updated 2025-09-12)
3 Legal Keys to know when Starting an IV Hydration Clinic or Medical Spa (Updated 2025-08-17)
3 Ways Healthcare & Telemedicine Companies Can Trigger Unlicensed and Corporate Practice of Medicine Legal Tripwires (Updated 2025-09-10)
4 Key Compliance Trends for Physician Practices (Updated 2025-09-12)
4 Legal Tips for Setting Up A Functional Medicine Practice (Updated 2025-09-12)
4 Things to Know When Naming a California Professional Medical Corporation (Updated 2025-08-17)
4 Ways to Minimize the Risk of an FDA, FTC or Private Plaintiff, Healthcare Fraud Label When Marketing Healthcare Products (Updated 2025-09-12)
5 Challenges in Healthcare Mergers: Lessons for Small Clinics to Expand Reach (Updated 2025-08-27)
5 Exciting Benefits of Merging with a Healthcare Network for Small Clinics (Updated 2025-08-27)
5 Key Stark and Anti-Kickback Legal Rules You’ll Want to Know (Updated 2025-09-12)
5 Legal Issues for Integrative Health Practitioners in the new year (Updated 2025-09-12)
5 Legal Tips for Setting up a Functional Medicine Practice (Updated 2025-09-12)
5 Mistakes in Dietary Supplement Labeling that Could Land you in FDA or FTC Enforcement Trouble (Updated 2025-09-12)
5 Ways Cosmetic Product Companies Can Comply with FDA Labeling Requirements & Help Avoid FDA Enforcement. (Updated 2025-08-18)
5 Ways to Increase Physician Income Despite Healthcare Reform (Updated 2024-05-07)
7 Legal Keys to Getting Your OTC Drug to Market (Updated 2025-09-10)
7 Reasons Why Nurses Lose Their License (Updated 2025-08-16)
A Healthcare Compliance Guide for New Physicians – Part One – Physician Relationships with Payers (Updated 2025-08-11)
A Portrait of the Yogi as a Young Cat (Updated 2013-06-29)
A Summary of Federal and State Health Laws on the California Health and Human Services Website – Privacy, Breaches, and other Patient Right Issues (Updated 2025-09-23)
Adaptogens and FDA/FTC Compliance (Updated 2025-08-26)
Additional Protections Researchers Can Include for Compliance (Updated 2025-10-01)
Advantages of Incorporating Your Medical Practice (Updated 2025-09-12)
Advertising Compliance for Medical Devices: FTC and FDA Requirements (Updated 2025-09-18)
Advertising health products online? Check FTC endorsement guides for dos and don’ts (Updated 2024-05-07)
Affordable Care Act creates scope of practice legislative scramble for healthcare practitioners (Updated 2019-03-30)
AKS Safe Harbors (Updated 2025-09-18)
Alternative Medicine Fraud Remains an FDA Staple, Despite FDA Guidance on Low-Risk, General Wellness (Updated 2025-09-12)
AMA Warns “Don’t Let Business Associates Create HIPAA Mess” (Updated 2025-08-21)
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Compliance Issues (Updated 2025-09-23)
Ancient Wisdom & Modern Technology: Legal Issues in Online Health, Mobile Health, E-Health, and Future Medicine (Updated 2019-09-28)
Answers to Your Most Burning Employment Law Questions about COVID-19 (Updated 2025-08-26)
Anti-Kickback & Fee-Splitting Legal Basics (Updated 2025-08-18)
Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law Settlements Worth Millions (Updated 2025-08-14)
Anti-Kickback Statute Compliance for Healthcare Providers and Facilities (Updated 2025-09-18)
Anti-Kickback vs. Stark: When do these laws apply? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Archive of 2016 Posts (Updated 2025-09-10)
Archive of 2017 Posts (Updated 2025-09-10)
Archive of 2018 Posts (Updated 2025-09-10)
Are Anti-Aging Claims Drug Claims or Cosmetics Claims? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Are Friendly PC’s Legit? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Are Kickbacks Illegal? (Updated 2025-09-23)
Are online call centers illegally practicing medicine or engaging in kickbacks and fee-splitting? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Are Per-Patient Bonuses Legal? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Are physician online dietary supplement sales, kickbacks or fee-splitting? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Are These Drug Claims or Cosmetics Claims? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Are your privacy and security practices HIPAA compliant? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Aromatherapy and FDA Compliance (Updated 2025-08-25)
Artificial Intelligence Uses in The Healthcare Industry (Updated 2025-09-23)
Avoid a Hidden Fee in that Hospital to Physician Telemedicine Contract (Updated 2025-08-18)
Avoid common FDA mistakes marketing health products (Updated 2024-05-07)
Avoid These 8 Common Legal Mistakes Before Signing Physician Agreements (Updated 2024-05-07)
Avoiding Malpractice Through Strong Informed Consent Practices (Updated 2025-09-23)
Before You Overpromise the Benefits of CBD, Know that the FTC is Watching (Updated 2025-08-19)
Behavioral Health Law Is Exploding. Is Your Medical Practice Prepared? (Updated 2025-09-10)
BioIdentical Hormones Consent Forms & Legal Issues (Updated 2025-08-18)
Bits & bytes of healthcare data – healing, Being, and the data of our humanness (Updated 2025-09-10)
Bloggers must take care to not provide clinical health advice (Updated 2019-03-30)
Breaking Away Into Your New Practice and Common Insurance Issues (Updated 2025-09-23)
Bringing the priestly blessing through (Updated 2019-03-27)
Build a Strong Compliant Medical Spa. Embrace an MSO. (Updated 2025-09-10)
Building A Legally Sound Anti-Aging And Functional Medicine Business (Updated 2025-08-17)
California Anti-Kickback and Fee-Splitting Law for Smarties (Updated 2025-08-18)
California Assembly Bill (AB)-890 and Two New Nurse Practitioner Categories (Updated 2025-08-27)
California Chiropractic Board Adopts New Regulations for the Use of Laser in Chiropractic (Updated 2025-09-23)
California Med Spas; Tips, Myths, & Pitfalls (Updated 2025-08-18)
California medical board arrests man for unlicensed practice of medicine (Updated 2025-08-19)
California Medical Board lowers supervision threshold for medspa and cosmetics affiliated physicians (Updated 2019-03-30)
California medical board regulates medical volunteers who are licensed in other states (Updated 2019-03-31)
California Publishes Mobile Ecosystem Privacy Legal Recommendations (Updated 2019-03-31)
California’s “Physicians Make Decisions Act” Regulates the Use of AI in Insurance Decisions (Updated 2025-09-18)
California’s New Electronic Prescription Law – AB 852 (Updated 2025-08-27)
California’s New Scope of Practice Law for Nurse Practitioners – Part One (Updated 2025-08-19)
California’s New Scope of Practice Law for Nurse Practitioners – Part Two (Updated 2025-08-19)
Can a Chiropractor Employ a Medical Doctor? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can a Dentist be a Medical Director? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can a Healthcare Product Distributor Get Sued for Repeating a 510(k) Claim That’s False? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Can a medical doctor operate a separate online health and wellness business? (Updated 2019-03-27)
Can a Nurse Own a Medical Spa? Legal Issues (Updated 2025-08-18)
Can a Paramedic Own and Operate an IV Hydration Business? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can a Physician Assistant (PA) Set Up a California Medical Spa? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can a Physician Assistant Run Your Medical Practice? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Can a Physician Pass Through Marketing Fees to the MSO? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can a Psychiatrist Prescribe Medication via Telemedicine? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can a Subscription-Based Healthcare Startup Legally Deploy the RN Profitably? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can a Telehealth App Pay Its Healthcare Providers a Percentage of Revenue or Per-Client, Per-Patient Fee? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can an MSO control physicians given corporate practice of medicine? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Can an MSO Get Paid More Than Fair Market Value? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can an MSO Operate a Medical Practice? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Can an MSO Switch Medical Directors? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can an ND Supervise Nurse IV Injections? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can an NP Form a Nursing Corporation and Own up to 100%? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can an NP order Botox through an MD Medical Director? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can an NP Practice Aesthetic Medicine Autonomously? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can an RN Start an IV Hydration Business? (Updated 2025-09-23)
Can chiropractors legally practice functional medicine? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Can Health & Wellness Centers Legally Create a Telehealth Presence? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can I Open a Clinic Without Being a Doctor? (Updated 2025-09-18)
Can I Own the Medical Spa and an MSO? (Updated 2025-09-23)
Can Integrative Medicine Be Made Clinically Responsible, Ethically Appropriate, and Legally Defensible? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Can Medical Doctors Legally Be Coaches? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Can Medical Offices Go Corporate? (Updated 2025-09-18)
Can Non-Licensed Practitioners Avoid Practice of Medicine Issues? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can Physicians Legally Do Health Coaching? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Can Physicians Legally Invest in a Startup-Owned Pharmacy? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can the MSO Charge a Variable Digital Marketing Fee? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can the MSO Legally Brand the Healthcare Venture? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can the MSO Legally Brand the name of a Medical Clinic? (Updated 2025-08-21)
Can the MSO Management Fee be More Than 90% of the Revenue of the Medical Practice? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can the non-licensed healer practice legally, including giving nutritional and weight loss advice? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Can You Get a Medical Doctor or Medical Director for Your Medspa? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Can you make HIPAA Privacy & Security easy for a small doctor’s office or other practice? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Can You Take Patient Records When Leaving a Medical Practice? (Updated 2025-09-18)
Cannabis Legal Highs & Lows: FDA on CBD (Updated 2025-08-18)
Case Study: Branding Your Medical Spa or Anti-Aging Clinic—Legal Considerations—Part 2 (Branding & Marketing) (Updated 2025-08-21)
Cellphone use in Medical Practice Areas (Updated 2025-08-21)
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Sends a Strong Warning to CBD Product Manufacturer (Updated 2025-08-19)
Clinical Trial Compliance Key FDA Regulations for Research Organizations (Updated 2025-09-18)
Close Encounters of the Healthcare Legal Kind (Updated 2025-09-23)
Coaching and Counseling Across State Lines: Legal Compliance for Multistate Wellness Businesses (Updated 2025-08-22)
Collaborative Practice Agreements for Independent Pharmacies (Updated 2025-08-25)
Common Questions About Telemedicine Physicians Need to Know (Updated 2025-09-11)
Compliance and Regulatory Issues for Technical Companies and Ventures (Updated 2025-08-13)
Compliance in Value-Based Care: Legal Strategies for Healthcare Providers (Updated 2025-09-18)
Compliance Issues for Consulting Fees, Honoraria, Medical Directorships, and Other Types of Remuneration (Updated 2025-08-27)
Compliance Issues for Medical Fitness Centers, Gyms, and Wellness Centers – Part 1 (Updated 2025-08-16)
Compliance Issues for Medical Fitness Centers, Gyms, and Wellness Centers – Part 2 (Updated 2025-09-23)
Compliance Issues for Medical Fitness Centers, Gyms, and Wellness Centers – Part 3 (Updated 2025-09-23)
Compliance Issues in the Emerging Field of Medical Tourism (Updated 2025-08-13)
Compliance Laws for Mobile Health Apps (Updated 2025-08-11)
Compliance Tips for Nutritional Supplement Companies: Navigating FDA and FTC Regulations (Updated 2025-09-18)
Compliant Marketing and Product Safety for Cosmetics Companies: Legal Must-Haves (Updated 2025-09-23)
Complying with HIPAA De-Identification Standards (Updated 2025-08-17)
Concierge Medicine – Membership Model & Consent (Updated 2025-08-18)
Concierge Medicine Today features “LEGAL: Concierge Medicine v. Direct Primary Care: Legal Issues” (Updated 2025-09-12)
Concierge Medicine Today Features Post on Concierge Medicine Legal by Michael H. Cohen (Updated 2019-03-30)
Concierge Medicine v. Direct Primary Care: Legal Issues (Updated 2025-09-12)
Concierge medicine, direct pay, and employee wellness clinic legal issues (Updated 2019-09-28)
Concierge or Functional Medicine Practice Legal Issues: An Overview (Updated 2025-09-12)
Conscious Business Leadership for Start-ups: Legal Issues from the perspective of a “conscious lawyer” (Updated 2019-09-28)
Corporate Integrity Agreements and Exclusions from Medicare and Medicaid (Updated 2025-08-24)
Corporate practice challenges medical management (MSO) organizations in New York AG action (Updated 2025-08-19)
Corporate Practice of Medicine on Steroids: How Your MSO and Professional Medical Corporation Could Work Together Without Courting Legal Disaster (Updated 2025-09-12)
Corporate Practice of Medicine, Psychology, Physical Therapy Risks to Investors (Updated 2025-08-18)
Corporate Practice of Medicine: Medical Management Organizations and Professional Medical Corporation–Who Controls What? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Cosmetic or drug? Claims matter for body sculpting and slimming products (Updated 2024-05-07)
Court upholds FDA’s legal authority to regulate stem cell therapies (Updated 2019-09-28)
COVID-19 HIPAA Compliance Requirements (Updated 2025-08-16)
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements and Laws (Updated 2025-08-19)
Critical Legal Issues for the Cosmetics Industry: Interstate Commerce, Adulterated, and Misbranded (Updated 2025-08-19)
Crucial Issues for Aesthetic Medical Practices – Part One (Updated 2025-09-10)
Daily Journal publishes “Future of Medicine is Just a Tap Away” as lead front-page article (Updated 2024-05-07)
Daily Journal Publishes “What’s Behind FDA’s Sudden Soda Interest?” (Updated 2019-03-27)
Dental licensing board’s monopoly power challenged by U.S. Supreme Court (Updated 2024-05-07)
Did COVID Relax Telemedicine Laws? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Dietary Supplement Claims: Avoid FDA Enforcement Crosshairs (Updated 2025-08-18)
Dietary Supplement Labeling Claims: Implied Disease Claims (Updated 2025-08-18)
Dietary Supplements – Strategies to Reduce FDA Risk (Updated 2024-05-07)
Differences Between Health Coaching Disclaimers & Medical Consents (Updated 2025-08-18)
Digital health advances set healthcare law on edge (Updated 2025-08-19)
Digital Health and FDA – Part One (Updated 2025-08-11)
Digital health personalizes medicine, revolutionizes healthcare, and makes healthcare law anachronistic (Updated 2025-09-12)
Disclaimers for a Health Coaching Website (Updated 2025-08-17)
Dissolving Conscious: Pandemic Dream Poetry (Updated 2025-08-18)
Diverse healthcare legal needs require that law firms deploy specialized healthcare law guidance across multiple legal and regulatory domains (Updated 2025-09-23)
Do Acupuncture Laws Allows Remote Practice by Telehealth? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Do acupuncturists have to comply with HIPAA when they share an electronic medical record? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Do California Nurses Need a Collaborating Physician? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Do Discounted Vitamin Shots Create Legal Risk of Enforcement? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Do HCG Weight Loss Products Work? FTC Cracks Down on Homeopathic HCG Drops (Updated 2025-08-19)
Do Health & Wellness Online Authors Risk Lawsuits? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Do Health Coaches Risk Unlicensed Practice of Medicine, Psychology or Nutrition? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Do healthcare markups violate fee-splitting laws? (Updated 2025-08-19)
Do I Have to Split My Earnings If I’m a Part-Owner of a Medical Spa? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Do online coupons for discounts to physician and other clinician services violates Stark, anti-kickback and fee-splitting laws? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Do retrospective physician bonuses violate anti-kickback laws? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Do Telemedicine Laws Require a Minimum Number of In-Person Visits? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Do You Know the Key Differences Between the 4 Ambulatory Safe-Harbors to the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)? (Updated 2025-09-10)
Doctor Not Paying Rent for Surgery (Updated 2025-09-18)
Does a Professional Medical Corporation Prevent Liability? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Does Corporate Practice of Medicine Prohibit Employing Physicians? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Does FDA Deem My Product to be a Medical Device? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Does Healthcare Law Favor or Smash Integrated Healthcare Practices Between Medical Doctors and Chiropractors? (Updated 2025-08-21)
Does HIPAA scale for a physician practice? Is HIPAA compliance mandatory? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Does Physician Prescription by Telemedicine Raise FDA Issues? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Does Stark Law Apply to Medicaid Patients? (Updated 2025-09-23)
Does your concierge medicine advertising create legal jeopardy and liability? (Updated 2025-09-12)
DOJ Penalizes Doctors, Hospitals, & Medical Practices Millions to Settle Allegations of Anti-Kickback Statute Violations (Updated 2025-08-14)
Drug and Medical Device Manufacturers Need to Comply with the ACA’s Sunshine Act – Part One (Updated 2025-08-19)
Durable Medical Equipment Compliance (Updated 2025-09-18)
Energy healing: honoring the initiation (Updated 2019-03-27)
Energy Healing’s Validity Tested by Legal Claim in Immigation Petition (Updated 2019-03-31)
Establishing the Physician-Patient Relationship: Telemedicine Law Often Requires It, but What does this Mean? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Evangelizing your Health and Wellness Venture with your Angel Attorney (Updated 2025-08-16)
Examples of Medical False Claims Act Violations That Will be Prosecuted (Updated 2025-09-10)
Examples of Pharmacy HIPAA Violations (Updated 2025-09-18)
Exceptions and Alternatives to The Corporate Practice of Medicine (Updated 2025-09-12)
Exceptions to the Stark Law Prohibition of Medical Referrals (Updated 2024-05-07)
Experienced Healthcare Lawyers Understand the Regulatory Compliance Issues for Medical Mergers and Acquisitions (Updated 2025-08-26)
Expert Mentor Session Part 1: Importance of a Business Contract (Updated 2025-08-18)
Expert Mentor Session Part 2: Can a Disclaimer Help Protect My Business? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Expert Mentor Session Part 5: Tips to Protect Intellectual Property (Updated 2025-08-18)
Expert Mentor Session Part 6: Do I Need a State-Specific Lawyer for My Business? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Expert Mentor Session Part 7: Should I Use Legal Document Templates? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Expert Mentor Session Part 8: Forming a Legal Entity (Updated 2025-08-18)
Expert Mentor Session Part 9: When Should You Consider Trademarking? (Updated 2025-08-18)
FAQs About HIPAA and the Right of Access Part two (Updated 2025-08-13)
FAQs About How California and New York Regulate Telemedicine (Updated 2025-09-10)
FAQs For Oncology Practitioners – Part One (Updated 2025-08-19)
FDA and FTC Legal Boundaries for Cosmetics (Updated 2025-09-23)
FDA Approves Authorized Use of a COVID-19 Test Product (Updated 2025-08-26)
FDA Attorney Michael H. Cohen Speaking on FDA Legal Issues at the Ventura BioScience Incubator (Updated 2019-03-30)
FDA Cosmetic Labeling Guidelines (Updated 2025-08-13)
FDA Cybersecurity Plan Adds to Mobile App Developer FDA Compliance Burden (Updated 2019-03-30)
FDA Dietary Supplement Labeling Requirements: Comply or Die (Updated 2025-09-12)
FDA eases regulation of medical device data systems (MDDS), medical image storage devices, and medical image communications devices (Updated 2025-09-12)
FDA exerts authority over medical devices with genomics (Updated 2019-09-28)
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for a New Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment (Updated 2025-09-04)
FDA Guidance on Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertisements (Updated 2025-08-25)
FDA Guidance on Studying and Marketing Medical Devices – Part One (Updated 2025-09-18)
FDA Guidance on Studying and Marketing Medical Devices – Part Two (Updated 2025-08-22)
FDA is hands-off Low Risk General Wellness Products (Updated 2025-09-12)
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine (Updated 2025-08-19)
FDA issues warning letter to dietary supplement company for including cancer or diabetes in search field (Updated 2019-12-10)
FDA Laws and Regulations About The Metaverse (Updated 2025-08-26)
FDA medical device guidance – substantial equivalence (Updated 2024-05-07)
FDA proposes updates to Nutrition Facts label on food packages (Updated 2019-09-28)
FDA regulates mobile medical apps, medical device data systems, and medical device software as “connected health” (Updated 2024-05-07)
FDA Regulation of Wireless Devices (Updated 2025-08-21)
FDA Requires Cyber Security Plan Submission for Medical Devices (Updated 2019-03-30)
FDA rules say a cosmetic is sometimes just a cosmetic – and sometimes a “drug” (Updated 2019-09-28)
FDA Signals Tough New Regulatory Stance on Homeopathic Drugs (Updated 2024-05-07)
FDA Warning Letters Can Cause Cosmetic Companies to Lose Revenue and Face Substantial Fines (Updated 2025-08-19)
FDA Warning Letters Sent to Companies That Claim Products are Effective against COVID-19 (Updated 2025-08-19)
FDA Warning Letters To Companies Claiming Products Boost Immunity and Treat COVID-19 (Updated 2025-08-19)
FDA’s Discussion of Disease Awareness and Prescription Drug Communications on Television: Evidence for Conflation and Misleading Product Impressions (Updated 2025-08-24)
Federal Advertising Laws that Can Ruin Healthcare Businesses (Updated 2025-08-18)
Federal and California Laws that Protect Patient and Consumer Information (Updated 2025-08-19)
Federal bill to boost health IT innovation by exempting low-risk medical software and mobile apps from FDA regulation (Updated 2024-05-07)
Federal Trade Commission Slams Homeopathic Drugs (Updated 2024-05-07)
Fee-Splitting & Anti-Kickback Issues for Healthcare Clinics (Updated 2025-08-18)
Fee-splitting 101 for medical doctors, chiropractors, acupuncturists, and others (Updated 2025-08-19)
Five Steps to Meet HIPAA Obligations and Privacy & Security Compliance (Updated 2025-09-23)
FON CONSULTING THE EVOLUTION OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE LAW AND WHAT THE FUTURE PORTENDS (Updated 2025-09-12)
Frequently Asked Questions about Telehealth and HIPAA during the COVID-19 emergency (Updated 2025-09-04)
Friendly PC Model Creates Legal Risk of Regulatory Attack (Updated 2025-08-18)
From Telemedicine Everywhere to Telemedicine Anywhere: Legal & Regulatory Issues (Updated 2019-03-30)
FTC Announces New Warning Letters to Companies Making False Coronavirus Claims (Updated 2025-08-26)
FTC Big Data regulation tells companies how to use big data legally and responsibly (Updated 2024-05-07)
FTC Blasts POM for Disease Claims, Highlighting Substantation Issues (Updated 2025-08-19)
FTC Legal Issues Require Nuanced Legal Advice (Updated 2025-08-18)
FTC Proposes Amendments to its Health Breach Notification Rule (Updated 2025-09-23)
FTC Regulations You Must Know for Healthcare Advertising (Updated 2025-08-18)
FTC requires mobile apps to include disclosures, adding to FDA mobile medical app regulatory requirements (Updated 2024-05-07)
FTC Revised Online Endorsement Guidelines (Updated 2025-08-16)
FTC settles charges based on mobile device data breach (Updated 2019-03-30)
FTC Statement to Congress on Deceptive Marketing of Dietary Supplements (Updated 2019-03-31)
FTC Weight Loss Claims – Legal Gut Check (Updated 2025-08-18)
FTC wins advertisement substantiation case against online marketer of health products (Updated 2019-03-27)
Functional and Integrative Medicine: Compliance Essentials for Your Practice (Updated 2025-08-22)
Functional Medicine (Updated 2025-08-18)
Functional Medicine Legal Issues (Updated 2025-08-18)
Functional Medicine Telehealth: Does Standard of Care Change? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Functional Medicine Telemedicine: How Do You Set It Up (Updated 2025-08-18)
Good Faith Exams (Updated 2025-08-17)
Great Health & Wellness Companies Make Great Neighbors: Here’s Why (Updated 2025-08-16)
Guidelines for Soliciting Reviews from Patients (Updated 2025-08-13)
Healing at the Borderland of Medicine and Religion – Review (Updated 2019-03-30)
Healing Methods 101 – Pet Therapy (Updated 2025-08-21)
Health & Wellness Lawyer Michael H Cohen Speaks in Saudi Arabia on U.S. Regulation of Complementary and Integrative Medicine (Updated 2025-09-12)
Health Care Proxy vs Durable Power of Attorney (Updated 2025-09-18)
Health Care Reform – Legal – Part 2: The New Regulatory Landscape (Updated 2025-08-26)
Health Care Reform – Legal & Regulatory – Part 1: The Supreme Court Opinion (Updated 2025-08-21)
Health Coaching and Telemedicine (Updated 2024-05-07)
Health Coaching and Unlicensed Medical Practice (Updated 2025-08-17)
Health Coaching Laws (Legal Strategy) (Updated 2025-08-17)
Health Coaching Laws Challenge Licensed MD Across States (Updated 2025-08-18)
Health Coaching Lawyer Reveals Secrets to Health Coaching Laws (Updated 2025-08-18)
Health Coaching Legal Pitfalls & How To Limit Health Coaching Lawsuits (Updated 2025-08-18)
Health Coaching Plus: FDA Medical Device and Legal Issues (Updated 2025-08-18)
Health Compliance Issues for Dentists and Orthodontists (Updated 2025-08-26)
Healthcare Attorney Michael H. Cohen Speaks in Austin, Texas on Telemedicine Legal Issues (Updated 2019-03-31)
Healthcare Business and Transaction Issues for Medical Practices and Medical Businesses (Updated 2025-08-13)
Healthcare Compliance Issues for 3D Printing Medical Devices (Updated 2025-08-10)
Healthcare Compliance Issues for Medical Drones (Updated 2025-08-10)
Healthcare hacks and data breaches increasing, even as HIPAA compliance grows (Updated 2025-09-12)
Healthcare Law – Telemedicine Future (Updated 2025-08-18)
Healthcare Law Issues in a Digital, Telehealth Functional Medicine Practice (Updated 2025-08-18)
Healthcare lawyer Michael H Cohen quoted in the Tan Sheet on FDA Preemption Lawsuits (Updated 2019-03-30)
Healthcare Lawyer Michael H. Cohen Quoted in The New Physician on Medicine and Spirituality (Updated 2019-12-10)
Healthcare Lawyer Michael H. Cohen: My Story (Updated 2025-08-18)
Healthcare Legal Advice to Accelerate Health and Wellness (Updated 2025-09-18)
Healthcare Legal Pitfalls: Why AI and Web Searches Can’t Replace a Healthcare Attorney (Updated 2025-09-23)
Healthcare M&A: Do’s and Don’ts of Buying or Selling a Medical Practice (Updated 2025-09-10)
Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions: Legal Considerations for Providers (Updated 2025-09-18)
Healthcare Startups Don’t Miss Critical Regulatory Risks (Updated 2025-08-18)
Healthcare Startups: A Legal Services Primer (Updated 2025-08-18)
Herbal Supplements Investigated for Misbranding and Adulteration (Updated 2025-09-12)
HIPAA and Access. Legal Summary and Recent Investigations (Updated 2025-08-13)
HIPAA Breach Settlement by HHS Involves Less than 500 Patients (Updated 2019-03-31)
HIPAA Compliance for Pharmacies – Violations and FAQs (Updated 2025-08-26)
HIPAA Compliance for Pharmacies Part One: HIPAA Rules and Best Practices (Updated 2025-08-28)
HIPAA COVID-19 Decision Tool (Updated 2025-08-16)
HIPAA Omnibus Rule: Part 3 (Enforcement & Penalties) (Updated 2019-03-30)
HIPAA Omnibus Rule: Part 4 (Security Rule Changes) (Updated 2019-03-30)
HIPAA Omnibus Rule: Part 5 (Privacy Rule Changes) (Updated 2019-03-30)
HIPAA Omnibus Rule: Part 8 (Breach Analysis) (Updated 2019-03-30)
Hiring a Healthcare or FDA Lawyer: How to Get the Most Value (Updated 2025-08-18)
Hoping to Take Advantage of the New Medical Possibilities with Stem Cell Therapies? Be Informed. (Updated 2025-08-16)
How a Healthcare Lawyer Helps you Prevent These Costly Mistakes (Updated 2025-08-18)
How Anti-kickback and Fee-Splitting Permeates Healthcare Arrangements (Updated 2025-08-18)
How are home health kits regulated under FDA and state law? (Updated 2024-05-07)
How Biotech Companies Can Legally Navigate FDA, IP, and Clinical Trials (Updated 2025-08-16)
How Can A Healthcare Clinical Practice Bonus Its Staff, Employees, & Marketing Personnel Without Trigger Fee-Splitting and Anti-Kickback Issues? (Updated 2024-05-07)
How Can a Multi-Disciplinary Health & Wellness Platform Handle Legal Risks? (Updated 2025-08-17)
How can Functional and Integrative Medicine doctors practice without undue fear of legal jeopardy? (Updated 2025-09-12)
How Can I Reduce My Risk of a Lawsuit? (Updated 2025-09-23)
How can integrative psychiatry and integrative behavioral and mental health centers surmount legal challenges to new wellness models? (Updated 2025-09-12)
How Can Telemedicine Companies Use the MSO Model? (Updated 2025-08-18)
How can you organize a Massachusetts medical spa or integrative care center legally without fee-splitting? (Updated 2025-09-12)
How Cannabis Companies Tackle Legal Twists and Turns of Medical Marijuana Regulation (Updated 2025-08-16)
How Developers Can Benefit from the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) New Innovation Policies (Updated 2025-08-25)
How do healthcare certification, accreditation, and licensing differ? (Updated 2025-08-24)
How Do Nursing and EMT Licenses and Certifications Differ? (Updated 2025-08-24)
How Do State Anti-Kickback Laws Restrict Physicians? (Updated 2025-08-17)
How Doctors & Nurses Use Standardized Procedures for Medical Spa Compliance (Updated 2025-08-18)
How does a dual-licensed healthcare provider wear two hats and satisfy both professionals boards? (Updated 2024-05-07)
How Does a Telehealth Practice or App Establish a Valid Physician-Patient Relationship? (Updated 2025-08-17)
How Does an MSO Contract with a Professional Medical Corporation? (Updated 2025-08-17)
How FDA’s Intended Use Doctrine Shapes Your Nutraceutical Marketing (Updated 2025-08-18)
How Have States Relaxed the Telemedicine Requirement of a Good Faith or Appropriate Prior Exam? (Updated 2025-08-19)
How Long Do NPs Have to Practice Under a Physician Before Gaining Independence? (Updated 2025-08-17)
How Medicare.gov helps with legal review of concierge medicine services (Updated 2019-03-27)
How Mergers and Acquisitions Affect Employees (Updated 2025-08-28)
How MSOs Can Help Medical Practices After a Merger or an Acquisition – Part One (Updated 2025-08-27)
How MSOs Can Help Medical Practices After a Merger or an Acquisition – Part Two (Updated 2025-08-27)
How MSOs Help Medical Practices with Office and Equipment Rental (Updated 2025-08-27)
How Much is a Medical Practice Worth? (Updated 2025-08-26)
How substance abuse treatment centers navigate anti-kickback rules (Updated 2024-05-07)
How the California Consumer Privacy Act Affects the Healthcare Industry (Updated 2025-08-14)
How The Internet of Things Will Change Healthcare: Artificial Intelligence & Wellness Harness Information to Augment Your Experience (Updated 2025-09-12)
How the New California Department of Managed Health Care Regulations Affect Your Healthcare Practice (Updated 2025-08-19)
How to avoid legal pitfalls of physician (MD) collaboration with chiropractors (DC) (Updated 2025-08-19)
How to Choose a Healthcare and FDA Law Attorney (Updated 2025-08-18)
How to Create a Telemedicine MSO (Updated 2025-08-18)
How to Handle Stark and Anti-Kickback Legal Barriers When Physicians Invest in an MSO (Updated 2025-09-12)
How to Inoculate Yourself Against Corporate Practice of Medicine Kryptonite (Updated 2025-08-18)
How to Keep Your Medical Office Compliance Checklist (Updated 2025-10-14)
How To Label Your Cosmetics Product: Labeling (Updated 2025-08-18)
How To Make Structure/Function Claims That Comply With DSHEA (Updated 2025-08-18)
How to Piss Off the FTC After Offending the FDA (Updated 2024-05-07)
How to Rock Concierge Medicine Laws by Creating a Concierge Medicine Legal Checklist (Updated 2025-09-12)
How to Structure Your Medical Spa with Professional Medical Corporations and MSOs (Updated 2025-08-24)
How to Transfer Medical Records Between Doctors Safely (Updated 2025-09-18)
How to Use a Management Services Organization for Profit if you’re a Doctor, Nurse, or Entrepreneur (Updated 2025-08-18)
How to Use AI in Healthcare Compliance? (Updated 2025-10-15)
How to Use the MSO Structure to Build Your Medical Spa (Updated 2025-09-18)
If a Physician Owns 51% of My Med Spa, Does That Mean I Get 49% of the Revenue? (Updated 2025-08-17)
If an NP Owns 49% of the PC with an MD, Can the NP also Own 100% of the MSO? (Updated 2025-08-17)
If someone asks you to be Medical Director, run…. (Updated 2019-03-27)
If the Doctor is a 51% Owner and the Nurse is 49% Owner, Will the Doctor Have More Liability? (Updated 2025-08-17)
If your medical device requires FDA 510k clearance but you put it on the market without a 510k, what happens? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Immunotherapy and Healthcare Compliance (Updated 2025-08-19)
Independent contractor physician – kickback or compensation? (Updated 2025-08-19)
Informed Consent and Risk Waivers (Updated 2025-08-28)
Integrated Medical Clinic – Key Legal Takeaways (Updated 2025-08-18)
Integrating body, mind and spirit in healing into 2014 (Updated 2025-08-19)
Integrative Medicine & Functional Medicine Legal Foundations Rock Your Practice (Updated 2025-08-18)
Integrative Medicine and Nutrition – Compliance Issues (Updated 2025-08-19)
Integrative medicine standard of care: an evolving legal rule (Updated 2025-09-12)
Is a Good Faith Exam Required before Prescribing via Telemedicine? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Is an Online Course With DIY Lab Tests for Mental Health, “Health Coaching?” (Updated 2025-08-18)
Is an online healthcare services directory a medical referral service? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Is Buying a Medical Spa a Smart Move for a Medical Doctor? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Is Health Coaching Legal aka Can You Function as a “Health Coach” and Avoid Medical Licensing or Board Discipline? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Is it a crime to give people information about alternative therapies? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Is it fee-splitting for medical doctors to share revenues with non-medical business owners? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Is it fee-splitting to share profits in an acupuncture, chiropractic, osteopathic, or MD physician group? (Updated 2025-08-19)
Is my app an FDA-regulated medical device? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Is Patient Brokering Fee-Splitting or a Kickback? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Is Physician Prescription by Telemedicine Legal? Part 2 (Updated 2025-08-18)
Is practicing hypnotherapy legal in California? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Is Your Healthcare Business Really a Practice (Updated 2025-08-18)
Is Your Medical Assistant Practicing Medicine Illegally? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Is Your Medical Practice or Healthcare Company at Risk of Anti-Kickback Penalties? (Updated 2025-09-10)
Is Your Product a Dietary Supplement or an FDA-Regulated Drug? (Part 2) (Updated 2025-08-18)
Is Your Product a Medical Device or General Wellness Product? (Updated 2025-08-18)
IV Hydration Nutritional Therapy and Weight Loss Management Laws (Updated 2025-08-17)
IV Hydration Therapy – Legal Strategies (Updated 2025-08-18)
IV Hydration Therapy Services Raise Legal Challenges (Updated 2025-08-18)
IV Therapy: What Legal Risks in Advertising (Updated 2025-08-18)
Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Reviewed by FDA Soon (Updated 2025-08-19)
Key Considerations When Merging or Acquiring A Medical Practice – Part One (Updated 2025-08-26)
Key Considerations When Merging or Acquiring A Medical Practice – Part Two (Updated 2025-08-26)
Key Dietary Supplement and Cosmetic Questions (Updated 2025-08-18)
Key Legal & Regulatory Trends in the Trillion-Dollar Healthcare Market for the New Year (Updated 2024-05-07)
Key Points for Physicians and other Healthcare Licensees to Consider When Selling Dietary Supplements to Patients (Updated 2025-08-19)
Key Points You Need to Remember About Fee-Splitting (Updated 2025-08-18)
Keynote Speaker: Michael H Cohen at the 2016 AuDacity Convention (Updated 2024-05-07)
Kickbacks, Fee-Splitting, Corporate Practice of Medicine, Stark, MSOs: Guiding Healthcare Ventures through the Maze (Updated 2024-05-07)
LARTA Commercialization Assistance Program (Updated 2019-12-10)
Legal and Compliance Strategies for Health Coaching Businesses (Updated 2025-09-18)
Legal Compliance Issues for American Medical Tourism Health Practices (Updated 2025-08-13)
Legal Compliance Issues For Diagnostic Testing Centers (Updated 2025-08-13)
Legal Compliance Issues for Homeopathy (Updated 2025-09-12)
Legal Compliance Issues for Integrative Cardiology (Updated 2025-09-12)
Legal Compliance Issues for Various Types Of Integrative Medical Practices – Acupuncture (Updated 2025-09-12)
Legal Considerations for Home Health Agencies: Compliance and Risk Management (Updated 2025-09-23)
Legal Guidance for Fertility Clinics: Compliance, Patient Consent, and Data Privacy (Updated 2025-08-16)
Legal Guidelines for Functional Medicine Practices: Navigating Regulations and Compliance (Updated 2025-09-18)
Legal Issues Buying or Selling an Urgent Care Center (Updated 2024-05-07)
Legal Issues In Integrative And Functional Medicine: History, Licensing, And Tele-Medicine (Updated 2025-09-12)
Legal Issues When Leaving a Medical Practice: Navigating Non-Solicitation vs. Abandonment (Updated 2025-08-18)
Legal Keys Every Medical Doctor Must Know Before Merging With or Acquiring A Medical Practice (Updated 2025-08-16)
Legal Limits of Health Coaching: A Risk Analysis (Updated 2025-08-17)
Legal review of concierge medicine contracts is needed to handle regulatory issues & liability risks (Updated 2025-08-19)
Legal Risk Issues in Regenerative Medicine and Anti-Aging Medicine (Updated 2025-09-23)
Legal Risk Mitigation for IV Therapy Startups (Updated 2025-08-18)
Legal Risks and Risk Mitigation for Integrative Medical Practices (Updated 2025-08-18)
Legal risks arise in Interdisciplinary MD-DC practice, challenging Integrative Medicine model (Updated 2025-09-12)
Legal Strategies for Complementary Medicine Providers: Compliance for Alternative Therapies (Updated 2025-08-16)
Legal Strategies for Health Coaches: Ensuring Compliance and Building Trust (Updated 2025-09-23)
Legalzoom features video feed of Michael H Cohen discussing how to form an LLC (Updated 2020-06-21)
LegalZoom Publishes “Health Apps as Medical Devices: What It Means for Consumers” (Updated 2019-03-27)
Legalzoom Publishes “Telemedicine: The Future of Health Care” on Telehealth Laws (Updated 2019-03-27)
Liability Protection & the Practice of Medicine for Non-Physicians (Updated 2025-09-23)
Licensed ND Subject to Discipline for Offering “Shots” and Falsely Advertising Professional Services (Updated 2019-03-18)
Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine Legal & Regulatory Issues (Updated 2025-08-21)
Managing Corporate Practice of Medicine Compliance for Healthcare Entities (Updated 2025-09-18)
Marketing “wearable caffeine” can get you in trouble with FTC, the regulatory watchdog over advertising (Updated 2024-05-07)
Marketing Cosmetics Safely: FDA Compliance Tips for Cosmetic Companies (Updated 2025-08-22)
MD Partners with Nutritionist or Chiropractor: Legal Trouble? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Medicaid Information Breach (Updated 2025-08-21)
Medical Devices 101 (Updated 2025-08-18)
Medical Director Legal No-Nos for Medical Spas (Updated 2025-08-18)
Medical Director vs. MSO Model: Which Legal Structure? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Medical Director? Legal Cautions & General Recommendations (Updated 2025-08-17)
Medical Image Analysis Software – Part One (Updated 2025-08-10)
Medical Practice Departure: Non-Solicitation vs Abandonment vs Non-Compete (Updated 2025-08-18)
Medical researchers grow spare parts from stem cells inside the body (Updated 2019-03-31)
Medical Spa Compliance: Can an MD and RN Partner Up? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Medical Spa Delegation: Money Magic or Compliance Crinkle? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Medical Spa Due Diligence Questions – M&A due diligence checklist for buyer (Updated 2025-09-12)
Medical Spa Laws Detail Physician vs. Nurse Authority (Updated 2025-08-17)
Medical Spa Laws Specify Doctor Supervision Level (Updated 2025-08-17)
Medical Spa Ownership Structures: Navigating Legal and Compliance Challenges (Updated 2025-09-18)
Medical Spa Raises Legal Questions About Scope (Updated 2025-08-17)
Medical Spas and Aesthetic Clinics: Key Legal Insights for Safe and Compliant Operations (Updated 2025-08-24)
Medical Tourism Model can raise FDA and FTC Legal Issues (Updated 2025-08-14)
Medicine and Spirituality (Updated 2025-09-11)
MedSpa: Physician Supervision of RNs—Do You Need It? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Memories, Dreams, Reflections – A Horse and the Color Red (Updated 2025-09-12)
Mental and Behavioral Health Compliance and Business Issues (Updated 2025-08-19)
Michael H Cohen joins the advisory Board of ISSALA (Updated 2019-03-30)
Michael H Cohen quoted in Los Angeles Bar Journal (Updated 2019-12-10)
Michael H Cohen quoted in USA Today on Healthcare Legal Issues (Updated 2024-05-07)
Michael H Cohen Speaks on FDA Legal Issues to SoCal IP (Updated 2019-03-27)
Michael H Cohen Speaks on MHealth & Wearable Health Technology: Will FDA Legal Compliance Stymie or Promote Innovation (Updated 2025-09-12)
Michael H. Cohen again quoted in The Tan Sheet (Updated 2019-03-31)
Michael H. Cohen quoted in The Tan Report (Updated 2025-08-21)
Michael H. Cohen Speaking on FDA & Related Legal Issues in Online Health Ventures (Updated 2019-09-28)
Mobile App Developers Can Be Slammed by FTC or FDA (Updated 2019-03-30)
Mobile Health Apps Legal Compliance Essentials for FDA and FTC Standards (Updated 2025-09-18)
Mobile Patient IV Hydration Legal Issues (Updated 2025-08-18)
More Anti-Kickback & Fee-Splitting Legal Basics (Updated 2025-08-18)
MSO Gets Light Enforcement Touch by California Appellate Court Reviewing Management Services Agreement Legal Issues (Updated 2025-08-21)
MSO Ownership issues for Medical Spas (Updated 2025-08-25)
MSO Rules for Med Spas (Updated 2025-09-18)
MSOs and Compliance Issues for Anti-Aging Aesthetic Clinics (Updated 2025-08-26)
MSOs For Nursing Businesses (Updated 2025-08-27)
MSOs For Oncology Practitioners (Updated 2025-08-28)
My Thanks to Clients & Team in a Post-COVID World (Updated 2025-08-18)
Navigating FDA and Healthcare Laws for Dietary Supplements: Compliance Made Clear (Updated 2025-08-22)
Navigating FDA’s cGMP Standards for Dietary Supplement Manufacturers (Updated 2025-09-18)
Navigating spirituality in medical situations – what doctors and patients need to know (Updated 2024-05-07)
Need-to-Know Laws and Regulations for Regenerative Medicine (Updated 2025-08-19)
Neurofeedback Laws & Licensing: Unlock Brains’ Potential But Be Legally Safe–Part 1: Unlicensed Practice (Updated 2025-08-19)
Neurofeedback Laws & Licensing: Unlock Brains’ Potential But Be Legally Safe–Part 3: Proposed New York Legislation (Updated 2019-03-27)
Neurofeedback Laws & Licensing: Unlock Brains’ Potential But Be Legally Safe–Part 4: Malpractice Liability, Informed Consent, and Other Issues (Updated 2025-08-19)
Neurofeedback Laws & Licensing: Unlock Brains’ Potential But Be Legally Safe–Part 5: Marketing Your Neurofeedback Practice—Legal Issues in Case Studies (Updated 2019-03-27)
New Agency Telehealth Guidelines During COVID-19 Health Pandemic (Updated 2025-09-23)
New California Laws for Physicians and Surgeons for 2023 (Updated 2025-08-27)
New Farm Bill Opens Up Opportunities for the CBD Oil Market- If Companies Comply with the Legal and Regulatory Requirements (Updated 2025-08-19)
New HHS Rule Protects Patient Privacy Under HIPAA and HITECH (Updated 2019-03-31)
New Proposed Rules from the CMS and the OIG-HHS on Stark Law and from the Anti-Kickback Statute (Updated 2025-08-19)
Non-Compliance with California’s Version of the Federal EKRA Law can result in Criminal Convictions and Civil Penalties (Updated 2025-08-16)
Nurse Entrepreneur: How to Tackle Legal Challenges of Owning a Medical Spa or other Healthcare Business (Updated 2025-08-18)
Nurse Practitioner Practice Authority (Updated 2025-09-18)
Nurse Practitioner Telehealth Functional Medicine vs. Coaching (Laws & Legal) (Updated 2025-08-17)
Office Hour: General Q&A Session April 2, 2020 (Updated 2025-08-18)
OIG Advisory Opinion Regarding Possible AKS Violations. Part one. (Updated 2025-08-13)
OIG Compliance Program Guidance (Updated 2025-10-08)
Online HIPAA training developed by Cohen Healthcare Law Group (Updated 2025-08-19)
OTC drug marketing legal checklist: 5 legal strategy steps (Updated 2025-08-19)
Our coaching culture helps you navigate through legal compliance (Updated 2025-09-11)
P4 Healthcare Means Medical Devices Increasingly Important in Healthcare Regulation (Updated 2024-05-07)
Packaging medical services – is it a legal concierge arrangement, or an illegal kickback? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Patient Privacy Case Settled by US Dept of Health and Human Services (Updated 2025-08-21)
Pfizer’s Bid to Help Pay Deductibles and Copays for a New Drug Denied Because the Bid Violates the AKS (Updated 2025-08-27)
Physician Advertising of Medical Services: Avoiding 5 Legal Traps (Updated 2024-05-07)
Physician health coaching raises telemedicine issues (Updated 2024-05-07)
Physician Recruitment Agreements Obligate the Hospital, Medical Practice and the Physician – Make Sure You Know What Your Obligations Are (Updated 2025-08-15)
Physician Recruitment Compliance Issues, Stark Law Exceptions, and MSOs (Updated 2025-08-26)
Physician Run and Physician Driven Practices – Part 1 (Updated 2025-09-23)
Physician Run and Physician Driven Practices – Part 2 (Updated 2025-08-19)
Physician Sale of Dietary Supplements – Legal and Regulatory Restrictions (Updated 2019-03-31)
Physician-Lab Agreements to Provide Exclusive Lab Services and Waive Patient Fees Could Be Kickback, OIG Advises (Updated 2025-09-12)
Physicians & Healthcare Startups: Don’t Mess with Alphabet-Soup Lettered Government Agencies (Updated 2025-09-12)
Physicians are shifting to concierge medicine and direct pay, or joining health networks (Updated 2019-03-27)
Physicians Fee-splitting & Nurse Fee-Splitting More Common Than You Realize (Updated 2024-05-07)
Physicians should review their Employment Agreement or risk Violating Federal and State Law (Updated 2025-09-12)
Political and Legal Shifts Harken Archetypical Health and Wellness Energetic and Spiritual Reversals (Updated 2025-09-23)
Prompt pay, cash discounts, dual fees legal for healthcare providers (physicians, chiropractors, acupuncturists)? (Updated 2024-05-07)
Prompt pay, cash discounts, dual fees legal for healthcare providers (physicians, chiropractors, acupuncturists)? (Part 2) (Updated 2024-05-07)
Proposed legislation for mobile applications would change telemedicine legal landscape (Updated 2025-08-19)
Proposed Regulatory Framework for Modifications to Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) – Part Two (Updated 2025-08-14)
Quick Summary of Federal “Stark” Self-Referral & Anti-Kickback Law and California Self-Referral and Fee-Splitting Prohibitions (Updated 2025-08-19)
Recent Dietary Supplement FDA Alerts and Warning Letters (Updated 2025-09-18)
Recent Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Cases (Updated 2025-09-12)
Red Flags that Leads to FDA Warning Letters (Updated 2025-08-14)
Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Practice in Medical Spas – Legal Alert (Updated 2025-08-18)
Relaxing Vaccine Dosage and Food Label Requirements (Updated 2025-08-19)
Ride The Information Tidal Wave: Crush or be Crushed (Updated 2025-09-12)
Risk Management and Compliance for Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Companies (Updated 2025-09-18)
Robocare Expands with IRobot’s Telemedicine Practice (Updated 2025-08-21)
Rock Your Practice with an MSO—MSO Compliance vs. using Independent Contactor Practitioners (Updated 2024-05-07)
SAFEGUARDING YOUR LICENSE & AVOIDING MALPRACTICE: STANDARD OF CARE IN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE (Updated 2024-05-07)
SB 994 and AB 2685: California’s New Naturopathic Doctors’ Laws (Updated 2025-08-27)
Securing Your Practice: How to Navigate Compliance Challenges after an Asset Purchase Agreement (Updated 2025-08-27)
Should an MSO be an LLC? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Should Medical Doctors Become Health Coaches (and Stop Practicing Medicine)? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Should NPs, PAs and MDs be 1099 or Employees? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Should physicians, chiropractors, and other healthcare practitioners worry when they offer coupons for discounts to patients? (Updated 2025-08-19)
Should the MSO be an S-Corp and the Medical Practice be a C-Corp or Vice Versa? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Signs that shape the landscape of the healthcare industry (Updated 2025-08-16)
Stark & PORA Basics (Updated 2025-08-18)
Stark Law Exceptions that Might Apply to You (Updated 2025-08-18)
Stark Penalties Stink: What to Watch Out For (Updated 2025-08-18)
Stark vs Anti-Kickback vs Fee-Splitting (Updated 2025-08-18)
Stark vs Anti-Kickback: The Key Differences (Updated 2025-08-18)
Starting up a Second Medical Corporation (Updated 2025-08-17)
Stem Cells Therapy Clinic Startups – Legal Compliance Issues (Updated 2025-08-28)
Strong Compliance Plans for Small Medical Practices (Updated 2025-09-11)
Study: Scientifically Unproven Marketing Claims Very Common on Websites (Updated 2025-08-19)
Telehealth and National Medicaid/Medicare Policies (Updated 2025-09-04)
Telehealth Platforms and HIPAA: Data Privacy Compliance for Remote Services (Updated 2025-09-18)
Telehealth, Liability, Scope of Practice & Informed Consent during COVID-19 (Community Chat) (Updated 2025-08-18)
Telemedicine – A Case Study (Updated 2025-08-26)
Telemedicine Across State Lines: Essential Legal Tips for Compliance (Updated 2025-08-24)
Telemedicine laws increasing in number and scope (Updated 2025-08-19)
Telemedicine legal definitions and informed consent requirements vary by state (Updated 2025-08-19)
TELEMEDICINE LEGAL SERIES—CONCLUSION: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER (Updated 2024-05-07)
TELEMEDICINE LEGAL SERIES—PART 1: PRACTICE ISSUES (Updated 2025-08-19)
TELEMEDICINE LEGAL SERIES—PART 2: LICENSING ISSUES (Updated 2024-05-07)
Telemedicine Rocks, AMA Says – Licensure & Standard of Care Still Thorny (Updated 2019-03-27)
Telemedicine: Potential Liability Pitfalls and Solutions in a COVID-19 World (Updated 2025-08-18)
Telemedicine: What’s Legal When Physicians Prescribe Online? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Texas Medical Board approves new stem cell therapy rules (Updated 2025-08-21)
The “Complementary and Alternative Medicine” Safe Harbor to Unlicensed Practice (Updated 2025-08-17)
The Complete Guide to Healthcare Provider and Facility Licensing and Accreditation (Updated 2025-08-26)
The Dance of the One Within Many (Updated 2025-09-11)
The Difference Between Non-Solicitation and Abandonment Of Patients (Updated 2025-08-13)
The FDA Provides New Guidance on the “Minimal Manipulation and Homologous Use” of Cell and Tissue Products. (Updated 2025-08-26)
The FDA Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Approval Process (Updated 2025-08-28)
The Future of Medicine: From Physical to Online to Mobile to Wearable to Implantable (Updated 2019-03-27)
The Good Faith Estimate Requirement of the No Surprises Act – Part One (Updated 2025-08-11)
The Good Faith Estimate Requirement of the No Surprises Act – Part Two (Updated 2025-08-19)
The Internet of Things (IOT) Legal and Regulatory Issues (Updated 2024-05-07)
The Legal Dangers Physicians Face When Working with Third Parties (Updated 2025-09-12)
The Many Ways Your New Medical Business Can Get into Trouble if You Don’t Consult with an Experienced Healthcare Lawyer (Updated 2025-09-12)
The MSO/Physician Contract: Compliance with Stark Law’s personal service agreement and the fair market value compensation exceptions. (Updated 2025-08-26)
The New Stark and AKS Laws (Updated 2025-08-11)
The Next Healthcare Revolution is Inside You: Wearable Health Tech Legal & Regulatory Issues Will Astound Us (Updated 2025-09-12)
The Path to Success: Overcoming Obstacles in the IV Hydration and Medical Spa Business (Updated 2025-09-23)
The Possibilities and Legal Risks of ChatGPT for Doctors and Medical Practices (Updated 2025-08-27)
The Risks of Relying on Generic Legal Information in Healthcare: Why an FDA Attorney Is Essential (Updated 2025-08-16)
The strange world of the California medical board Fictitious Name Permit (Updated 2024-05-07)
Thinking of Giving Medical Advice without a Valid California Medical License? Think Again (Updated 2025-09-12)
Times of India reports new law brings more compassion into scientific research (Updated 2025-08-21)
Tips for Structuring Healthcare Practice as an Unlicensed Practitioner (Updated 2025-08-18)
Understand the FDA and other Rules and Regulations for Making CBD Food Products and Supplements (Updated 2025-08-26)
Understanding the Different Types of Nursing Jobs and Corresponding Compliance Issues – Part One (Updated 2025-08-25)
Understanding the Medical Device Classification and Approval Process – Part One (Updated 2025-08-27)
Understanding the Medical Device Classification and Approval Process – Part Two (Updated 2025-08-28)
Understanding the Stark Law: Compliance Essentials for Healthcare Practices (Updated 2025-09-18)
Unlicensed Practice of Medicine, Psychology or Nutrition: Legal Perils (Updated 2025-08-17)
US FDA Sends Warning Letter to Red Pill Medical That Its CBD Dietary Supplements Violate FDA Rules (Updated 2025-08-13)
Use an MSO to Comply with Federal Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors (Updated 2025-08-18)
Using the terms “Organic,” Healthy,” and “Natural” on Food Labeling (Updated 2025-08-25)
Virtual reality in medicine and health will deepen our access to Spirit (Updated 2024-05-07)
Walking the Medicine Wheel: A Review (Updated 2024-05-07)
Wearable Health Technology: Health Care Dream or Privacy Nightmare? (published by LegalZoom) (Updated 2024-05-07)
Weight Loss Advertisements Found Deceptive and Misleading – Conspiracy and Healthcare Fraud Violations (Updated 2025-08-19)
Weight Loss Drugs and FDA Compliance (Updated 2025-08-25)
Wellness Programs Under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) and Related Federal Laws (Updated 2019-03-30)
What anti-kickback and fee-splitting legal issues arise when physicians or other healthcare providers lease space? (Updated 2019-03-27)
What Are FDA Warning Letters and How Do They Impact You? (Updated 2025-09-23)
What are Mental Mobile Health Apps and How Are These Apps Regulated? Part One (Updated 2025-08-10)
What are the Compliance Issues for Veterinarians? (Updated 2025-08-13)
What Are the Legal Risks Involved with An IV Therapy Business? Part Two (Updated 2025-08-19)
What Are the Main Issues Involved with The Implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act? (Updated 2025-08-10)
What Are the New Laws Around AB 890? (Updated 2025-08-17)
What Are the OTC Drug Label Requirements? (Updated 2025-09-18)
What Can a Nursing Corporation in California be Used For? (Updated 2025-08-17)
What Does a Medical Compliance Officer Do? (Updated 2025-08-28)
What Does the MSO Do if Physicians “Go Rogue?” (Updated 2025-08-17)
What Entity Should I Use for my Medspa? (Updated 2025-08-17)
What Goes in Health Coaching Disclaimers? (Updated 2025-08-18)
What Happens If You Make a Food with Hemp, Cannabis, or THC – Part One (Updated 2025-08-13)
What healthcare compliance program policies and procedures should be included in healthcare compliance program? (Updated 2024-05-07)
What is a Legal Strategy Session? (Updated 2025-08-18)
What is an MSO, and How Does It Benefit My Medical Spa? (Updated 2025-09-10)
What Is Emergency Use Authorization? (Updated 2025-09-18)
What Legal Protections Do I Need in a Contract Manufacturing Agreement for Dietary Supplements? (Updated 2025-08-17)
What Medical Practices and Healthcare Businesses Need to Understand about the “Reasonable Medical Necessity” Test (Updated 2025-08-19)
What Medical Practices Should Know about the Stark Law (Updated 2025-09-12)
What Opting Out of Medicare Means for a Practice (Updated 2025-08-18)
What Physicians and Investors Must Know About California Medical Corporations (Updated 2025-09-12)
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What Physicians Need to Know about the Corporate Practice of Medicine (Updated 2025-09-12)
What Practitioners Can Fit in My Professional Medical Corporation? (Updated 2025-08-18)
What You Need to Know About Fee-Splitting (Updated 2025-08-18)
When a chiropractor and medical doctor provide stem cell therapies together, how do they navigate healthcare law obstacles? (Updated 2025-09-12)
When Chiropractors work with Medical Doctors, fee-splitting issues arise (Updated 2024-05-07)
When Do Healthcare Products Require a 510(K) To Enter the Market as an FDA- Regulated Medical Device (Updated 2025-08-17)
When Does Health Coaching “Slippery Slope” into Medical Practice? (Updated 2025-08-17)
When leaving a medical practice, can you take patient records? (Updated 2024-05-07)
When marketing healthcare products, review websites and materials for FTC and liability risk (Updated 2025-09-12)
When Using a Management Services Organizations (MSO) Is the Right Choice for Your Medical Practice (Updated 2025-09-12)
Where healthcare policy & the future of humanity meet (Updated 2024-05-07)
Which disruptive healthcare innovations will push medical frontiers in the next 5 years? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Who Is a Healthcare Defense Attorney? (Updated 2025-09-23)
Who Legally Owns a Medical Spa? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Who Wants to Be a Physician Pharmacy Owner? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Why am I a healthcare and FDA Lawyer (Updated 2025-08-17)
Why Do I Need a Professional Medical Corporation? (Updated 2025-08-18)
Why Health Companies Need to Know How the FDA and FTC Enforce Regenerative Medicine Industry Violations (Updated 2025-08-19)
Why Healthcare Businesses Must Rely on Experienced Healthcare Attorneys, Not the Internet or AI: Risks and Rewards (Updated 2025-08-16)
Why Healthcare Providers Need More Than AI and Web-Based Legal Guidance (Updated 2025-09-23)
WHY I WRITE—AND WHY YOU SHOULD, TOO (Updated 2025-09-23)
Why Medical Device Companies Need to Fear FDA Warning Letters (Updated 2025-08-19)
Why Posting Patient Photographs on Social Media Accounts May Violate HIPAA and FTC Advertising Regulations (Updated 2025-08-26)
Why the FDA Won’t Approve Your Regenerative Medicine Practice (Updated 2025-08-16)
Why Use the MSO Model for a Large Health and Wellness or Integrative Care Center? (Updated 2025-08-17)
Why Voluntary Compliance Plans for Individual and Small Physician Practices Are Essential (Updated 2025-09-12)
Will Corporate Practice of Medicine Kill Your Healthcare Venture? (Updated 2025-09-10)
Will FDA Act if You Link Dietary Supplement Claims to Testimonials or Scientific References? (Updated 2025-09-12)
Work through the thorny knots of Healthcare law (Updated 2025-09-10)
Your Excellent Healthcare Legal Adventure: Learning and Growing From Your Legal Strategy Session (Updated 2025-08-16)
Your Telemedicine Practice: Don’t Make These Key Legal Mistakes (Updated 2025-08-18)

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