Legal issues facing health care practitioners who advise on nutrition and diet continue to spawn new regulation.
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Health freedom laws further expand for complementary and integrative medicine
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Entrepreneurial physicians and health care professionals involved in complementary and integrative clinical practices find health freedom laws expanding across the U.S.…
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North Carolina legislation affects homeopathy and naturopathy practitioners
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Proposed legislation in North Carolina may endanger practicing homeopaths and naturopaths.…
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Buying and selling medicine online
By Michael H. Cohen on
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Selling medicine over the Internet sometimes falls within telemedicine practice, but practitioners should beware of separate federal and state rules that address online prescribing.…
FDA raises legal issues re use of HCG for weight loss
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Physician use of HCG for weight loss raises legal issues that the FDA has now flagged.…
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Telemedicine laws allow entry into neurophysiology
By Michael H. Cohen on
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If you haven’t heard of teleneurophysiology, know that the word tele is going to become as ubiquitous in health care over the next few years as the e- in e-prescribing.…
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Anti-kickback intent changed by health reform bill
By Michael H. Cohen on
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act makes it easier for the government to prosecute under the federal anti-kickback statute.
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Clinics address Stark, fee-splitting and anti-kickback legal issues
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Multi-disciplinary health care clinics and medical spas need to address legal concerns surrounding Stark, kickback, and fee-splitting issues.…
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Is an online telemedicine or telehealth service legal?
By Michael H. Cohen on
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Recently our law office has exploded with calls about the legal issues surrounding new online telemedicine or telehealth services.…
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Telemedicine legal issues and the corporate practice of medicine
By Michael H. Cohen on
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Telemedicine raises a number of legal issues of which a significant one is the way in which different states regulate the so-called "corporate practice of medicine."…
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