• Introducing QP

    June 11, 2019

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)When we first started AmSpa in 2013, we knew that, [...]

  • How Core Doctors Can Overcome Generational Differences in Marketing, Advertising and Ethics, Part 2

    June 10, 2019

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)(Click here to read part 1)Streaming video of procedures has [...]

  • How Core Doctors Can Overcome Generational Differences in Marketing, Advertising and Ethics, Part 1

    June 7, 2019

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Core doctors—plastic surgeons, facial plastic surgeons, oculoplastic surgeons, and dermatologists—are, [...]

  • How to Stay Compliant When Using Social Media Influencers

    June 5, 2019

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)As is the case in most industries, the use of [...]

  • Do Websites Need to Be ADA Compliant?

    May 31, 2019

    By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator for the American Med Spa AssociationIn the recent past, you may have heard about or received [...]

  • How to Find Legal Answers for Your Medical Spa

    May 29, 2019

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)At AmSpa and ByrdAdatto, we are asked every day about [...]

  • Join AmSpa at the Asheville Medical Spa & Aesthetic Boot Camp EXTRA

    May 24, 2019

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Starting next Saturday, June 1, AmSpa will host its Asheville [...]

  • What You Need to Know About Parallel Importation

    May 22, 2019

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)In June 2018, Oregon-based physician Brenda Roberts had her medical [...]

  • What Is Required of a Medical Spa’s Good Faith Exams?

    May 21, 2019

    By Sam Pondrom, JD, Associate at ByrdAdattoThere are two points that we can never reiterate enough regarding med spas: They are medical [...]

  • Understanding the Legalities of Off-Label Use

    May 20, 2019

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)The use of pharmaceuticals for treatments that are not specified [...]

  • How Core Doctors Can Cash In on Medical Spas

    May 15, 2019

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)The medical aesthetic industry continues to boom, and core doctors—plastic [...]

  • Forest Park Verdicts Reshape Health Care Compliance in Texas

    May 14, 2019

    By Jay Reyero, JD, Partner, ByrdAdattoAfter years of anticipation, seven guilty verdicts in the Forest Park Medical Center criminal trial—in addition to [...]