Med Spas Turn to Lasers to Enhance Facial Treatments
July 31, 2018According to data calculated by Statista, more than six million Americans received a facial during a six-month time period, and more than [...]
Med Spa Law Update: Illinois Nurse Practitioners and Full Practice Authority
July 30, 2018By: Renee E. Coover, JD, Associate, ByrdAdattoLast year Illinois passed a bill granting full practice authority to nurse practitioners, joining 23 other [...]
Some Doctors, Patients Balk At Medicare’s ‘Flat Fee’ Payment Proposal
July 30, 2018The Trump administration announced a plan Friday that would affect about 40 percent of the payments physicians receive from Medicare. Not everybody's [...]
Two Major Medical Spa Organizations Merge
July 30, 2018The American Med Spa Association (AmSpa) has announced a merger with International Aesthetic and Laser Association (IALA), which will add more than [...]
Ensure Your Medical Practice Supports its LGBTQ Employees
July 30, 2018Every year, during the month of June, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) community celebrates a movement of diversity, equality, education, [...]
The Best Treatments to Do This Summer
July 30, 2018Come summer, not every skin-perfecting, fat-zapping, age-preventing treatment is a hot-weather must. In fact, plenty of doctors actually warn against having certain [...]
Expert Insights: A Review of Laser-Based Technologies in Aesthetic Medicine
July 30, 2018As demand for energy-based anti-aging procedures continues to rise, practitioners are faced with choosing from a wide array of aesthetic platforms and [...]
HIPAA Compliance Tips for Small Medical Practices
July 30, 2018You’ve seen the headlines splashed on TV and across the internet: data breaches hit national businesses such as Target, Chipotle, and many [...]
Medicine No Longer Apolitical
July 30, 2018Physicians writing in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology say that physicians should counter the proliferation of fake news on [...]
10 Reasons Why Patients Are Not Compliant
July 30, 2018One hurdle in treating patients, particularly children and teens, is ensuring compliance with treatment protocols. It can feel like an uphill battle, [...]
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Medical Spas: An Overview
July 27, 2018By: Sam Pondrom, Attorney at ByrdAdattoMedical spas utilizing mid-level practitioners like nurse practitioners ("NPs") and physician assistants ("PAs") is on the rise [...]
Bellus’ Joe Proctor Wins Innovator of the Year
July 26, 2018Bellus Medical CEO Joe Proctor just won Non-Physician Technology Innovator of the Year at the 2018 TAG You’re It! Awards. Keep an [...]
