Galderma Receives FDA Approval for Restylane Kysse
May 5, 2020Galderma has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Restylane Kysse for lip augmentation and the correction of [...]
ALERT: Texas Issues New COVID-19 Rules
May 1, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationThe Texas Medical Board has adopted emergency rules that set the standards of [...]
Oklahoma Osteopathy Board Adopts New Medical Spa Guidelines
April 27, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationIn late March, the Oklahoma State Board of Osteopathic Examiners adopted a new [...]
Texas Medical Board Issues Emergency Rule Relating to Executive Order GA 15
April 22, 2020By Courtney P. Cowan, JD, ByrdAdattoPhysicians in Texas are anxiously waiting to learn whether the Texas Medical Board (TMB) would clear up [...]
Does New Texas Executive Order Let Med Spas Re-open?
April 21, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationThe short answer is: not yet. Last Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued [...]
Letter From the CEO: When Will It Be Time to Re-open?
April 20, 2020By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)It's been a long, unprofitable 30+ days since COVID-19 reared [...]
Refine USA’s Rejuvapen NXT Microneedling System Earns FDA Clearance
April 16, 2020Refine USA has been granted a class 2 medical clearance from the FDA for its medical grade microneedling device, Rejuvapen NXT. This [...]
Concierge Medicine in a Time of Crisis
March 27, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationOver the last several weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has rapidly evolved from an [...]
No Longer Elective: States Lay Down the Law
March 26, 2020By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationMultiple authorities, from the surgeon general to the White House and the CDC, [...]
Doctors Without Clinics: The Overnight Rise of Telemedicine to Combat COVID-19
March 25, 2020By Bradford E. Adatto, Partner, ByrdAdattoMany of you are familiar with the organization Doctors Without Borders, but very few would have ever [...]
Texas Governor Suspends All Elective Surgeries
March 24, 2020Governor Greg Abbott today signed an Executive Order to expand hospital bed capacity as the state responds to the COVID-19 virus. These [...]
Letter from the CEO: You Can Help! Donate Your PPE
March 23, 2020By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Yesterday, I was having a fairly typical conversation with my [...]
