The clinic risks money. You risk the thing that lets you earn a living, and the two do not settle in the same room. An indemnity from an operator does not reach a board.
Your personal license is the collateral Read More »
A complication fully reversed by prompt treatment can still meet the federal definition of a serious injury. Most clinics decide that question in the moment, badly, with no written rule.
Adverse event response: the protocol every director should have approved Read More »
This is an operational readiness question, not a clinical technique question. The things that decide the outcome are settled weeks earlier, in a document and a stock cupboard.
Vascular occlusion: what your protocol has to specify before it happens Read More »
Epinephrine is first line. The operational question is whether the person standing next to the patient can reach it and is permitted to use it, and that is settled in a document.
Anaphylaxis and IV therapy: the kit and the standing order behind it Read More »
Read the definition before you buy the compliance package. A cash-pay clinic that never bills insurance may not be a covered entity at all, and that is not the relief it sounds like.
HIPAA for med spas: the version nobody gave you at opening Read More »
A federal court vacated the part of the federal guidance that most compliance advice still quotes, and the agency did not appeal. Here is what survived and what did not.
The rule that catches clinics is not HIPAA. It is the TCPA, and its health care exemption is written by reference to a HIPAA status most cash-pay clinics do not have.
Texting patients: what is and is not allowed Read More »
Signing the agreement is where the duty starts. There is a clause that makes you responsible for noticing when the vendor stops honoring it, and almost nobody operates it.
Business associate agreements: who in your stack needs one Read More »
Most platform evaluations score video quality and calendar sync. The things that decide whether you can operate lawfully in a given state are rarely on the scorecard at all.
Choosing a telehealth platform: the ten requirements that actually matter Read More »
The form in your chart is probably a consent. What the rule requires is an authorization, and the two are not the same document. Then there is a second problem, which is the photo itself.
Before-and-after photos: the consent and claim rules most clinics break Read More »
There is an exemption for ads that name the drug and stop there. Almost no med spa ad stops there, and the moment you add what it treats, a different rule attaches.
Advertising Botox by brand name: what the FDA rule actually requires Read More »
You are liable for what the influencer says, even where the influencer is not. The Guides say so in one sentence, and they say what the clinic is expected to have done about it.
FTC rules for testimonials and influencers in aesthetics Read More »
