• UPDATED: What the CARES Act Means to Your Medical Aesthetic Practice

    March 27, 2020

    By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationUPDATE: At 12:28 CT on Friday, March 27, the House passed the CARES [...]

  • No Longer Elective: States Lay Down the Law

    March 26, 2020

    By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationMultiple authorities, from the surgeon general to the White House and the CDC, [...]

  • TouchMD Offers Telehealth Solution 60-day Free Trial to AmSpa Members

    March 26, 2020

  • In California, Protective Equipment Shortage Pushes Nurses to Consider Drastic Action

    March 26, 2020

    A group of bandana-clad nurses protested outside Kaiser Permanente's Oakland Medical Center on Monday night with a message: "We need PPE."On Tuesday [...]

  • What to Do Right Now: Essential Business Strategy & Tactics During Challenging Times

    March 24, 2020

    By Bryan Durocher, Founder & President, Durocher EnterprisesHearing about the slowing economy and uncertainty is topic #1 in recent days. Focus on [...]

  • Texas Governor Suspends All Elective Surgeries

    March 24, 2020

    Governor 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, 2020

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Yesterday, I was having a fairly typical conversation with my [...]

  • Surgeon General: Delay Elective Medical, Dental Procedures to Help Us Fight Coronavirus

    March 23, 2020

    If you are having a heart attack or have been in a car accident, there is a chance you will need to [...]

  • Symplast Offers Relief to Users During COVID-19 Crisis by Waiving teleHEALTH Fees for First 60 Days

    March 23, 2020

    Symplast, an EHR/Practice Management software for plastic surgery and medical spas that delivers a HIPAA-secure cloud platform to more than 3,500 aesthetic [...]

  • The Pandemic, Elective Surgical Care and Informed Consent

    March 19, 2020

    By Jeff Segal, MD, JD, ByrdAdatto and Medical JusticeAs I write this, we are reading in the news about potential quarantines and [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • New Georgia Bill Would Add Rules for Patient Sedation in Medical Spas

    March 18, 2020

    A new bill in Georgia would provide rules for administering sedation for procedures in medical spas. Senate Bill 323 (SB 323) is [...]