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Complementary And Alternative Medicine Law Blog 

Information for health care professionals on a broad array of legal issues including business planning for integrative medicine practices, malpractice & informed consent, licensure & scope of practice issues, food & drug topics, and health insurance.
Post Frequency: 4.5/day Last Entry: March 02, 2011 at 17:55:46 Recent Entries: 455
By Michael H. Cohen, Esq.
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Yoga therapy reviewed in India
Posted on February 26, 2009India is looking again at credentialing complementary and alternative medicine practitioners, who are really doing traditional healing methods....
Integrating complementary therapies into mainstream medicine
Posted on February 26, 2009An early report on the IOM meeting discusses integrating CAM therapies into mainstream health care....
Environmental medicine addresses toxic conditions
Posted on February 21, 2009An environmental medicine presentation will address healing from toxicities....
Physicians, Dietary Supplement Sales, and Kickbacks 2
Posted on February 10, 2009States have different laws governing physician sales of dietary supplements and other health care products....
Physician Sales of Dietary Supplements - Referrals, Conflicts of Interest
Posted on February 09, 2009Many physicians are calling our law office asking about generating passive income through referrals to dietary supplement manufacturers....
AHRQ releases report on CAM and back pain
Posted on February 09, 2009Can chirorpactors really help treat back pain?...
Think Like a Master Connector
Posted on January 26, 2009Whether in health care or general business, here are tips from "Connectivity is the New Currency."...
Health Industry Webinar on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Legal Issues
Posted on January 20, 2009Our law office will be speaking on CAM legal issues tomorrow at a Healthcare Industry webinar....
New Earth v. Old Earth
Posted on January 09, 2009Last year I heard Dolores Cannon speak about the Earth splitting into two....
Benefits of mantra meditation make mainstream headlines
Posted on January 05, 2009Gingko? Forget about it! And other mysteries including the power of mantra....
Integrative medicine practice and legal issues continue to surface
Posted on January 03, 2009Integrative medicine CDs, NCCAM survey, and thoughts on naturopathic medicine continue to bring legal and practice issues to the surface....
CAM survey discussed
Posted on January 02, 2009The new survey on complementary and alternative medicine use by Americans is being widely discussed....
Doctor and others indicted in Lyme Disease case
Posted on December 08, 2008More news here on treatment of Lyme Disease "by selling a microscope that they claimed would diagnose and cure Lyme disease."...
Pediatric CAM use rising, CDC reports
Posted on December 08, 2008Pediatric CAM use is rising, reports the CDC....
Conflict of interest issue with doctor promoting off-label use
Posted on November 26, 2008An emerging case against a psychiatrist highlights conflict of interest issues involved when physicians promote products, particularly those involving off-label drug use....
Program on Integrative Medicine gets press
Posted on November 10, 2008The Program on Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona gets some press for graduating an integrative medicine doc....
Federal court case involving unlicensed health care practice
Posted on November 07, 2008This federal court case involving unlicensed health care practice sheds light on some CAM testing methods....
Unlicensed health care provider statute interpreted in RI
Posted on November 07, 2008An acupuncturist not only had his license revoked by the Department of Health, but also was charged with violating the unlicensed health care practices law....
The end of pharma liability?
Posted on November 03, 2008The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on Wyeth v. Diane Levine today, raising questions about the limits of federal preemption....
Practicing medicine across state lines: telephone health advice
Posted on November 02, 2008Is it the illegal practice of medicine to offer health advice by phone in tele-consults across state lines?...
Unlicensed practice of medicine - advice on nutrition and diet
Posted on November 02, 2008One of the legal issues non-licensed practitioners of complementary health must consider is advice on nutrition and diet....
Physician practice of energy healing: boundary issues
Posted on November 02, 2008Does physician practice of energy healing raise legal, ethical, and regulatory boundary issues?...
In-office physician sale of dietary supplements: conflict of interest
Posted on November 02, 2008Can MDs or DOs sell patients dietary supplements from the office?...
Physician obligation regarding medical records
Posted on November 02, 2008Medical regulations governing patient privacy exist at the state as well as federal level....
Physician CAM or Integrative Medicine Practice and Lyme Disease
Posted on October 31, 2008Complementary or integrative medicine docs often have innovative approaches to Lyme disease....
Reiki and good ol Southern Comfort
Posted on October 22, 2008That's the comfort of massage therapy and other healing arts, not the beverage....
Santa Ana Business Alliance
Posted on October 17, 2008Here are friends from Santa Ana Business Alliance (a/k/a Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, a/k/a Santa Ana Business Connection)....
BNI Orange County Friends
Posted on October 16, 2008Here are some friends from Business Networking International (BNI) Orange County....
FDA on RIFE Technology
Posted on October 06, 2008The FDA website has a lot of material on use of the RIFE machine, not all easy to find....
Health Freedom Florida
Posted on October 04, 2008Florida apparently has some cases against unlicensed practitioners of alternative medicine, including naturopathic and energy healing providers....
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I received a summons. I'm being sued by a collection agency for unpaid portions of medical bills. Do I need to hire a lawyer or can I file an "Answer" competently on my own? Is there an alternative to resolve the suit?
First of all,it depends on how much you owe.Over $500 is enough to weigh a clai...
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I received a summons. I'm being sued by a collection agency for unpaid portions of medical bills. Do I need to hire a lawyer or can I file an "Answer" competently on my own? Is there an alternative to resolve the suit?
First of all,it depends on how much you owe.Over $500 is enough to weigh a clai...
Is it libel to write blog posts and/or online reviews about a local business that defames one's reputation?
Libel is the form of defamation expressed in fixed-- usually written form. Sland...
How can I make my blog more popular?
You have to write and submit articles, with backlinks to your blogsite....








