• The Disappearing Doctor: How Mega-Mergers Are Changing the Business of Medical Care

    May 24, 2018

    Is the doctor in? In this new medical age of urgent care centers and retail clinics, that’s not a simple question. Nor [...]

  • Five Good Reasons to Develop a Med Spa Business Plan

    May 8, 2018

    If practice ownership is your objective, then your first step in reaching that goal is to develop a well-thought-out business plan that [...]

  • Member Spotlight with Managing Partner of Lasky Aesthetics, Terri Ross

    May 5, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Alex: Congratulations Terri Ross on being selected AmSpa's Member Feature [...]

  • Coming to Terms with Sales in Med Spas

    May 2, 2018

    If you were to create a Venn diagram displaying the relationship between retail sales and medicine, the overlap would represent the medical [...]

  • Core Docs: Overcoming Generational Differences in Marketing, Advertising and Ethics

    April 26, 2018

    Core doctors—plastic surgeons, facial plastic surgeons, oculoplastic surgeons, and dermatologists—are, as their moniker suggests, the center of the medical aesthetic industry. As [...]

  • The Forgotten Generation – Med Spas and Generation X

    April 25, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)These days, it is not at all unusual to hear [...]

  • How Do I Pay My Med Spa Providers and Staff Legally

    April 19, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Proper medical spa payment and compensation structure is one of [...]

  • Closing the Loop: Valuing and Selling Your Medical Spa

    April 4, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)When a medical spa opens, its owners are probably not [...]

  • Medical Spa Success Means Facing Your Fears

    March 30, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)I have a mantra that I say to myself often—"Do [...]

  • Medical Spa Insider: The Most Overlooked Must-Haves in Medical Spas According to Louis Frisina and Tim Sawyer

    March 29, 2018

    Medical aesthetics experts Louis Frisina and Tim Sawyer, President of Crystal Clear Digital Marketing speak on a wide range of topics including [...]

  • How to Increase Profitability: Staff Training and Incentives

    March 26, 2018

    By: Carol and Rob Trow, Owners of Dermaconcepts Enhancing profitability for your business and motivating staff has been an on-going mantra for [...]

  • Considering elective plastic surgery? Experts say research your options

    March 26, 2018

    If you take a drive down Interstate 15 through Utah, they are hard to miss: billboards promising dramatic transformations through plastic surgery.Elective [...]