• UPDATED: A Look at the Federal COVID-19 Relief Bills

    March 19, 2020

    By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationUPDATE: HR 6201 has been signed into law. The final version is available [...]

  • 5 Ways to Prepare Your Business for a Pandemic

    March 19, 2020

    By WeaveOur society is in the middle of a pandemic. It remains unclear what will unfold in the days to come, but [...]

  • How the SBA Can Help Your Medical Spa During the COVID-19 Outbreak

    March 18, 2020

    By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationThe Small Business Administration (SBA) is charged with providing support and financing to [...]

  • AmSpa Launches AmSpa Live Series to Address Current Medical Spa Issues

    March 17, 2020

    The world of medical aesthetics—and life in general in the United States—has changed a great deal in the past week. The COVID-19 [...]

  • What Your Medical Spa Needs to Know About the Coronavirus

    February 26, 2020

    By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationIt's flu season again, but this year we have the added specter of [...]

  • Take an X-Ray of Your Practice

    February 19, 2020

    By Terri Ross, Terri Ross ConsultingAs a practice management consultant and sales performance coach in the aesthetic space, I speak all over [...]

  • Are Medical Director Agreements Required in MSO Arrangements?

    February 17, 2020

    By Kita McCray, JD, ByrdAdattoThe purpose of a medical director agreement is to memorialize the responsibilities of a physician, which typically entail [...]

  • How Your Employment Policies Shape Your Practice

    February 12, 2020

    By Renee E. Coover, JD, ByrdAdattoPolicies are to employees of a business what rules are to the players of a game. Employment [...]

  • How to Hire and Recruit the Best Team for Your Aesthetic Practice

    February 5, 2020

    By Terri Ross, Terri Ross ConsultingMany med spas make the common hiring mistake of jumping too quickly into the hiring process without considering [...]

  • What California Medical Spas Need to Know About AB 5

    January 27, 2020

    By Bala Mohan, JD, ByrdAdattoCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom's recent signing of Assembly Bill No. 5 (AB 5) could potentially reclassify millions of [...]

  • How to Conduct a Practice Assessment for Your Medical Spa

    January 10, 2020

    By Jay Reyero, JD, Partner, ByrdAdattoWe are all familiar with New Year's resolutions. At the end of each year, we conduct a [...]

  • Is It Legal to Practice as a Medical Aesthetician?

    January 6, 2020

    By Sam Pondrom, JD, Associate, ByrdAdattoHiring an aesthetician in a medical spa can have many benefits to your business, but many professionals [...]