Mobile medicine apps are the future: legal issues remain

 Mobile medicine apps are the future, as we move increasingly into digital, virtual communication; yet FDA medical device and other legal issues remain.

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Is my product a medical device, a drug, a cosmetic, a biologic, or otherwise FDA-regulated?

Many entrepreneurs want to know whether their invention is a medical device, a drug, a cosmetic, a biologic, or otherwise FDA-regulated.

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Legal action pushes FDA on its response to qualified health claims

A federal judge recently held that the disclaimer required by the FDA for a qualified health claim about green tea and the risk of cancer is so strongly worded that it “effectively negates” the manufacturer’s claim.

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FDA regulates electric toothbrushes as medical devices

You might be surprised to learn that electric toothbrushes are regulated as medical devices.

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FDA warns consumers about grapefruit juice

Grapefruit juice and fresh grapefruit can interfere with the action of some prescription drugs, FDA warns consumers.

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Integrative Mental Health Care Experts Launch

Consumers, mental healthcare professionals, researchers and public health advocates can now access comprehensive information on all aspects of integrative mental healthcare.

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Dietary supplements regulations make IRS rules read like Hemingway

Dietary supplement regulation requires companies to seek careful legal guidance before bringing products to market.

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Incredible India - Tamil Nadu

A week-long mystical journey in Tamil Nadu, India: transformation of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

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Conflict of interest rulings affect medical doctors

New conflicts of interest disclosures will broaden physicians' reporting obligations.

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Coordinated government efforts target health care fraud and abuse

Coordinated government enforcement targets fee-splitting, Stark and kickback fraud and abuse in health care.

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Medical device manufacturer executives sentenced for rogue clinical trials

Several medical device manufacturer executives were given long terms for rogue clinical trials.

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OIG Unfavorably Reviews a Laboratory Management Company's Proposed Provision of Allergy Testing and Related Services in Exchange for a Percentage of Gross Collections

A new OIG fraud and abuse Advisory Opinion sheds makes percentage-based MSO arrangements questionable, where Medicare is involved.

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11:11:11 to the 11:11:11th power

11:11:11 came in with prosperity blessings as the transformational shift awaited for centuries....

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Professional Medical Corporation or LLC? Fictitious Name Permit?

When physicians try to "partner" with non-physicians, they often confront challenges under the corporate practice of medicine rule.

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Medicare Options for Physicians: Participation, Non-Participation, or Opt Out

Physicians sometimes unwittingly run afoul of Medicare legal rules by not knowing the difference between non-participation, their default status short of participation, and opting out, which requires doctors to take specific action steps.

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