DPS Legal Counsel
Helping health professionals and entrepreneurs navigate the business of healthcare and the business of business
DPS Legal Counsel protects the business, regulatory, contract, transactional, intellectual property, compliance, and tax interests of health practices and small businesses from initial formation through founder retirement and practice/business succession
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Should Physicians and Nurse Practitioners Who Practice Functional Medicine Take Insurance?
For Primary Care Doctors, the Times They Are A Changin’
Bob Dylan was probably not thinking about the state of primary healthcare delivery in 2019 when he said back in 1964 that the times, they are a changin'. But Dylan's famous protest song of the mid-60's could well be the theme song about the modern delivery of...
Can You Get a Trademark on Common Acronyms? We’ll See (LOL).
Brand new and growing businesses have a strong incentive to protect their intellectual property, including the trademarks that customers associate with their goods and services. Can you even imagine Nike without its famous swoosh? In recent years, entrepreneurs and...
Proposed IRS Tax Penalties Must Be Approved in Writing Before the Issuance of a 30-Day Letter
Yesterday, the U.S. Tax Court issued an extremely important decision that will offer taxpayers under audit by the IRS a new argument to make if the report that an IRS revenue agent sends the taxpayer includes IRS proposed penalties for negligence, fraud, or...
Online Entrepreneurs MUST Take Data Security Seriously (or Else)!
In a press release earlier today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) discussed two separate cases in which the online commercial websites in question (ClixSense.com and I-Dressup.com) allegedly failed to adequately secure the personal data of users of their websites....
Healthcare Payment Models are Going to Change – CMS Announces New Test Programs
What is a Founders Agreement (and Why is it Important for New Business Ventures)?
Physician Staffing Firm Email Breach Exposes Patients’ Data
This past Saturday, April 20, EmCare, a physician staffing company, posted an announcement online that there had been a recent data security breach affecting the personal information of approximately 31,000 patients. It appears that the data security breach involved...
FTC Sets Agenda for Small Business Financing Webinar
The Federal Trade Commission will hold a forum on May 8 from 8:30 to 12:30 eastern entitled "Strictly Business: An FTC Forum on Small Business Financing." It will be webcast live on the FTC's website. Click here for a copy of the Agenda for the forum.
Treasury Department’s Letter on President Trump’s Tax Returns
Steven Mnuchin, the Secretary of the Treasurer, sent a letter yesterday to Congressman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, indicating concerns about the Chairman's request for copies of the President's tax reuturns. Secretary...