Our healthcare law firm works with many healthcare providers who are applying for a new license with a medical board or who are renewing their current license with a medical board. A question that comes up is whether they need to disclose a criminal matter in their application. This blog…
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Credentialing Impacts from Surrendering Your DEA Registration
Our healthcare and business law firm represents healthcare practitioners, including physicians, advance practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, with licensing and credentialing matters. One occurrence we see often is a practitioner who signed DEA Form 104 to “voluntarily” surrendered their DEA registration and is now dealing with unexpected consequences of…
Operating a Professional Nursing or Physician Practice Under an Entity
Our healthcare and business law firm works with many providers who wish to create an entity under which they provide professional nursing or physician services. Before providing professional nursing or physician services through an entity, it is important to consider your state’s laws and rules relating to the corporate practice…
Two Considerations for Physician Assistants Before Starting a Medical Practice or Med Spa
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 clients often ask whether they can set up medical practices or med spas, even if they are not physicians. This blog covers two considerations that…
Two Considerations for Nurse Practitioners Before Starting a Medical Practice or Med Spa
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 clients often ask whether they can set up medical practices or med spas, even if they are not physicians. This blog covers two considerations that…
Three Considerations When Prescribing Compounded GLP-1s
Our healthcare and business law firm works with many providers who work with compounded medications. As glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (“GLP-1s”) continue to be prescribed by providers, including FDA-approved commercial versions and compounded versions, we routinely are asked for guidance by providers around prescribing compounded drugs. This blog identifies three…
Two Considerations When Offering IV Therapy as a Practitioner in South Carolina
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 clients often ask whether they can offer IV therapy as part of their practice. IV therapy is being offered at med spas, and people are…
UPDATE: Three Considerations When Administering Ketamine to Patients
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. On August 13, 2025, our firm posted a blog titled “Three…
UPDATE: Can You Create a Patient-Provider Relationship Through Telemedicine?
Our healthcare and business law firm works with many physicians and other providers with their medical practices, including integrating telemedicine services into their practice and/or creating a full telemedicine practice. Our firm previously posted Can You Create a Patient-Provider Relationship Through Telemedicine? on March 12, 2024, which gives an overview…
Two Considerations When Offering IV Therapy as a Non-Practitioner in South Carolina
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 clients often ask whether they can offer IV therapy as part of their practice. IV therapy is being offered at med spas, and people are…