How to Prevent Functional Medicine Legal Issues, with Scott Rattigan

<p><strong>Functional medicine legal issues</strong> is a broad topic, but special guest, attorney Scott Rattigan shares insights into how functional medicine practitioners can help protect themselves and their practices, especially as telehealth technology outpaces medical regulations. In this episode, you will learn:</p> <ul> <li>What <strong>Functional Medicine Legal Issues</strong> you should be aware of</li> <li>How to protect yourself and your practice from HIPAA violations</li> <li>How telehealth could cause your practice problems</li> <li>Why protecting your practice is important</li> <li>Why informed consent is one of the most important elements in your business</li> </ul> <h2>The Functional Medicine Attorney</h2> <p>Scott is an attorney, who started practicing law specifically for functional medicine practitioners after his wife, a functional medicine practitioner, opened her practice. Since then, Scott has worked with multiple FM practitioners to help prepare their practices for success as well as help FM practitioners when they have found themselves in trouble.</p> <p>Today, on the FM Shift, Scott talks about the top three areas of vulnerability for FM practitioners and how you can set your practice up for success.</p> <p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-1445 size-full" src= "https://thefmshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Functional-Medicine-Legal-Issues.png" sizes= "(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw" srcset= "/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Functional-Medicine-Legal-Issues.png 640w, /wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Functional-Medicine-Legal-Issues-480x360.png 480w" alt="Functional Medicine Legal Issues" width="640" height= "480" /></p> <h3>Functional Medicine Legal Issues</h3> <p>With the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic came the rise of telehealth, which led to an increase in functional medicine legal issues and others in the medical industry. Across the industry, functional medicine practitioners started seeing their patients online, using platforms like Facebook