Our healthcare law firm works with many providers and healthcare practices to assist them in complying with federal, state, and local laws. In particular, our med spa clients often ask to consider whether they can offer peptides as part of their practice. Peptides have garnered recent popularity among med spas,…
Our healthcare law firm works with many residents and other students who are facing discipline in their programs ranging from probation to termination and non-renewal of their residency contracts. A question that comes up is what residents can do when they have been notified of disciplinary measures from their residency…
Our healthcare law firm works with many providers who prescribe medications, including medications for use that is considered “off label” by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). One such off-label use is administering ketamine to patients for treatment-resistant depression. Ketamine, and the recently FDA-approved Spravato®, which has esketamine as its…
Our healthcare law firm works with many providers who prescribe medications, including controlled substances. A question that comes up is what a provider’s reporting obligations to the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) are when they discover that controlled substances have been stolen from their office or that prescriptions for controlled substances…
Our healthcare and business law firm works with many providers who work with compounded medications. Recently, pharmaceutical manufacturers of weight loss drugs have brought lawsuits against compounding pharmacies and medical businesses who advertise and prescribe compounded weight loss drugs. As against the medical businesses, the manufacturers bring claims of false…
Our healthcare and business law firm works with many providers as they undergo investigations, discipline, and/or hearings before state licensing boards. These investigations cover a variety of topics, including whether to report misconduct to a state’s licensing board. Each state’s licensing board has different reporting requirements, so ensuring compliance with…
Our healthcare and business law firm advises many medical practices on federal, state, and local compliance matters. One compliance question our clients are curious about is the status of the Corporate Transparency Act’s requirements. Our firm previously posted The Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Rule on August 12, 2024, which gives…
Our healthcare and business law firm advises many medical practices on compliance matters. One question our clients often ask us is how a medical practice can properly dispense medications to its patients. Dispensing is distinct from administering medication. To administer, the practitioner gives the dose of the drug to the…
Our healthcare and business law firm represents healthcare practitioners, including physicians, mid-level providers, and chiropractors, who are faced with adverse actions from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) or the relevant Medicare Administrative Contractor (“MAC”). Once such adverse action is placing an individual or entity on the CMS…
Our healthcare and business law firm represents healthcare practitioners, including physicians and chiropractors, and their medical and chiropractic practice with compliance matters. A question we are often asked by our clients is, “Can I offer discounts to patients?” There are state and federal considerations before offering discounts, and this post…