Four Insurance Policies Medical Spa Owners May Not Know They Need
June 26, 2019By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Medical spa owners and operators must maintain an array of [...]
The Joy of Disconnecting
June 26, 2019In addition to seeing clinic patients, many of today’s dermatologists spend time each day sifting through and responding to emails on electronic [...]
FDA Makes Statement on Medical Device Reporting Changes
June 25, 2019By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator for the American Med Spa AssociationOn June 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced [...]
New Jersey Board Votes to Move Forward with New Delegation Rules
June 18, 2019The New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners voted at its June 12 meeting to approve for publication new rules for the delegation [...]
Botched Procedures: What Happens Next?
June 17, 2019By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)If you are in practice long enough, you are going [...]
A Surgical Fix for Problematic Lip Fillers
June 14, 2019Authors of a paper published May 2019 in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal describe an approach for surgical lip remodeling due to complications [...]
Researchers Link Scalp Location with Melanoma Survival Rate
June 13, 2019In the past, the anatomical location of melanoma has been shown to influence melanoma specific survival (MSS). A group of researchers sought [...]
Proposed Supervision Rule Change Creates Controversy at Texas Medical Board Stakeholders Meeting
June 12, 2019By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator for the American Med Spa AssociationLast week, the Texas Medical Board held a meeting to solicit [...]
AAD Issues Position Statement on Sexual and Gender Minority Health in Dermatology
June 11, 2019In conjunction with Pride month, the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) has issued a position statement highlighting the specialty’s commitment to better [...]
How Core Doctors Can Overcome Generational Differences in Marketing, Advertising and Ethics, Part 2
June 10, 2019By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)(Click here to read part 1)Streaming video of procedures has [...]
A Sebum-Targeting Laser
June 7, 2019For close to a decade, R. Rox Anderson, MD, PhD, and Fernanda Sakamoto, MD, of the Wellman Center for Photomedicine in Boston [...]
New Bills Would Change Supervisory Relationship for PAs in Pennsylvania
June 4, 2019Two new bills introduced in Pennsylvania would alter the relationship between the state’s physician assistants (PAs) and their supervising physicians. The bills [...]