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Legal 123s with ByrdAdatto — 297 episodes
Responding to the Wellness Shift in Aesthetics, with Dr. Paul Jarrod Frank
How Technology is Transforming Aesthetics, with Dr. Grant Stevens
Offering Wellness Services Through Telemedicine, with Paulina Riedler
The Financial and Legal Realities of Adding Wellness Services, with Jessica Nunn
Are Longevity Services Covered by Malpractice Insurance?, with Jason Kunz
Wellness Meets M&A: How Longevity Practice Are Valued with Ben Hernandez
How Wellness Is Reshaping Med Spas with AmSpa
Fan Favorite: A Preventable Death To Your Practice
Med Spa Certification, Compliance, and Patient Safety with Dr. Kate Dee
When is NP Independence Not Independent?
Is Your Employee Handbook Putting Your Practice at Risk? with Grace Lee
Are Non-Competes Still Enforceable?
Can Med Spas Offer a Refer a Friend Program?
Can Patients Record Audio and Video During Medical Consults?
Offering Medical Treatments as an Employee Benefit
Can Providers Still Prescribe Compounded Weight Loss Drugs?
Can Medical Practices Charge for No-Shows?
Navigating Peptides, Regulations, and Compliance with Sam Pondrom
Selling a Medical Practice in a Private Equity Market, with Eskow Law Group
How Misclassifying Employees Can Harm Your Health Care Practice
Fan Favorite: Buying a Medical Practice with Rachel Walker, MD
Does My Practice Need Cybersecurity Insurance? with Kaitlin Upchurch
Are Med Spas Allowed to Text Their Patients? with Christine Reilly
Can a Private Equity-Backed Platform Help My Med Spa? with John Wheeler
Can AI Help My Medical Practice? with Randy Torban
Can Medical Practices Offer Stem Cells or Exosomes? with Jordan Plews, PhD
Who Needs Estate Planning? with James Atwood
How Does Raising Money from Investors Work? With Aubrey Rankin
Why Would Someone Franchise a Med Spa? with Vio Med Spa
What Is It Like to Sell Your Practice? with Shawna Chrisman
What Is Being Investigated by the Medical Board Like?
How to Market Your Med Spa with Audrey Neff
What Do I Do About Staff Turnover?
Fan Favorite: MSOs Breaking Bad
Unintended Consequences: Turnkey Services
Unintended Consequences: The Cost of Commercial Litigation with Brian Lauten
Unintended Consequences: Redefining Med Spas with Dr. Alan Durkin
Unintended Consequences: Medical Practice Entity Restructure
Unintended Consequences: Physician Partner Compensation
Unintended Consequences: Paying Commissions in Med Spas
Unintended Consequences: Branding Your Business Too Early
Unintended Consequences: Mixing Family with Business
Unintended Consequences: Growing a Practice with Dr. David Boudreault
Unintended Consequences: Rushing Into a Business Loan
Unintended Consequences: Health Care Valuations with Arielle Schmeck
Unintended Consequences: Adding a Weight Loss Service Line
Unintended Consequences: Non-Competes with Dr. Nirav Patel
Unintended Consequences: Medical Director Arrangements
Unintended Consequences: From OB-GYN to Med Spa Owner with Dr. Kimberly Evans
Unintended Consequences: Leading Through Burnout with Cameron Atlas
Unintended Consequences: Operating on a Crazy Patient
Unintended Consequences: Complex Business Models
Unintended Consequences: Independent Contractor Risks
Unintended Consequences: Effect of Outside Forces on Your Practice
An Exclusive Look into the 2025 M&A Summit
Unintended Consequences: Informal Business Partnerships
Unintended Consequences: Medical Marketing with Chris Suchánek
Unintended Consequences: Exit Strategy Drifting
Fan Favorite: LIVE From the 2024 Medical Spa Show
Compliance: Membership Programs in Aesthetics
Compliance: Med Spa Solutions with Dr. Patrick Blake
Compliance: Adding Anti-Aging Services to Your Practice
Compliance: When Can a Doctor Refuse Treatment
SPECIAL: Compliance Considerations for Medical Weight Loss
Compliance: Training Injectors for Success with Dr. Chris Surek
Compliance: Telehealth Solutions with Paulina Riedler
Compliance: Supervising Physicians
Compliance: How Billing and Coding Impact Your Practice
Compliance: Maintaining Physician-Patient Boundaries
Compliance: Balancing AI with Patient Care
Compliance: Avoiding Scope of Practice Pitfalls
M&A: Life After Your Sale with David Mandell
M&A: Industry Insights with Ben Hernandez
M&A: Rushing Into Deals with a Broker
M&A: When Internal Issues Derail the Sale
M&A: Show Me the Money
M&A: Don't Let Dishonesty Derail Your Deal
M&A: Who Has the Cards in Negotiations
M&A: When to Break the News to Your Team
M&A: How to Succeed in a Main Street Deal
M&A: The Reality of Wall Street Deals in Health Care
M&A: Know Who Is Buying Your Business
M&A: Strategic Mergers to Attract Private Equity
Season 18 Preview
Scaling: Growing Your Medical Practice Through a Joint Venture
Scaling: Overcoming the Challenges of Adding a New Partner
LIVE Special: Communicate Like a CIA Analyst with David McCloskey
Scaling: Balancing Med Spa Growth and Compliance
Scaling: Navigating Semaglutide with Dr. Johnny Franco
Scaling: Strategic Financial Planning with Annie Hockey
Scaling: Mastering Talent Retention and Growth with Mary Beth Hagen
Scaling: Navigating Med Spa Expansions Under One Professional Entity
Scaling: Lessons from Growing a Practice with Dr. Sacha Obaid
Scaling: Optimizing Your Practice for Growth with BrinsonAnderson Consulting
Scaling: Expanding a Hair Restoration Practice Across State Lines
Scaling: Raising Capital for Your Business
Season 17 Preview
200th Episode with Entrepreneur Tim Sawyer
Crisis: Your IV Clinic Gets Shut Down
Crisis: Your Marketing Company Locks You Out of Your Website
Crisis: Your Trademark is Attacked
Crisis: Your Partner Does Not Understand Ownership
Crisis: When the FBI Calls Your Client
Crisis: Failing to Properly Implement the MSO Model
Crisis: A Dentist Sells a Practice He Does Not Own
LIVE From the 2024 Medical Spa Show: Spotting The Legal Red Flags
Crisis: A Physician Employee Becomes a Ketamine Clinic’s Medical Director
Crisis: A Nurse Steals Botox from the Practice
Crisis: When Your Employed Doctor Sleeps with a Patient
Season 16 Preview
Compliance Considerations for New Businesses
LIVE Special: The Human Performance Project with Ryan "Birdman" Parrot
Legal Blueprint for Forming an Entity with Steven and Sara Camp
When Should You Trademark Your Business
Marketing Your Business with Stephanie Torres
Employment Law Essentials with Ron Chapman
Commercial Real Estate with Stephen Holley
Banking Strategies for New Businesses with Chris Williams
Insuring Your Business with Matt Burns
Preparing Your Business for Financial Success with Brian Mueller
Building a Business Plan with Jessica Nunn
Ingredients to Starting a Business
Season 15 Preview
Corporate Leadership Training with Alyson Mattlage
The Art of Military Leadership with Todd Boeding
Leadership with State Representative Aimee Adatto Freeman
Leadership in Accounting with Paula Allgood
Leadership in M&A with Nicole Chiaramonte
Leadership in Non-Profit Medicine with Dr. Craig Hobar
Leadership with Sister Act Jessica Stellwagen and Melissa Mickelson
Leadership in Aesthetic Practice Management with Terri Ross
Leadership in the Med Spa Industry with Cathy Christensen
Leadership in Facial Plastic Surgery with Dr. Kay Durairaj
Leadership with Hosts Michael Byrd and Brad Adatto
Season 14 Preview
Fake or Real: A PA Has Full Practice Authority
Fake or Real: An NP Has Full Practice Authority
Fake or Real: My Company Can Be Taxed as an LLC
Fake or Real: If I Get Sued for Malpractice, the Patient Can Own My Practice
Fake or Real: Medical Estheticians Can Be Delegated Treatments in a Med Spa
Fake or Real: A Physician Can Own an MSO
Fake or Real: It is Legal to Compound Semaglutide, with Jonathan Kaplan, MD
Fake or Real: CPOM Can Affect the Business Structure of My Med Spa
Fake or Real: The FTC Has Banned All Non-Compete Agreements
Fake or Real: I Can Use Standing Orders for My IV Bar
Fake or Real: I Can Respond to Negative Patient Reviews, with Jeff Segal, MD, JD
Fake or Real: ChatGPT Can Now Effectively Draft My Contracts
Season 13 Preview
The Entrepreneurial Side of M&A with Nicole Chiaramonte
Getting Your House in Order with Maven Financial Partners
M&A Negotiations – Follow Your North Star
The Buyer Side of M&A with Cosmetic Physician Partners
An Employees Perspective: Navigating the Sale of a Medical Practice
M&A in the Med Spa Industry with Alex Thiersch
Selling a Medical Practice Using the Sensei Plan
M&A Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)
Dental M&A Deals with Mike White
Buying a Medical Practice with Rachel Walker, MD
Quality of Earnings Analysis in M&A with Ben Hernandez
The Due Diligence Phase: Why Compliance Matters in M&A
LIVE The Importance of Leadership in Scaling and Selling, with Guest Robin Pou
Season 12 Preview
Hard Conversations: Giving the Answer That Needs to Be Given
Hard Conversations: Navigating the Grey Spectrum with Claire O’Bryan, ANP-C and Sarah Allen, MD
Hard Conversations: Terminating a Contract
Hard Conversations: Business Prenup
LIVE From the Medical Spa Show: Spotting the Red Flags
Hard Conversations: Owner Decision Making
Hard Conversations: Partner Compensation
Hard Conversations: Selling Your Practice to Your Associates
Hard Conversations: M&A Negotiations
Hard Conversations: IV Bar – Choosing Compliance
Hard Conversations: The Avoidance Strategy
Hard Conversations: Negotiating an Employment Agreement
Season 11 Preview
Other People’s Problems: When Non-Compliance Costs You Your License
Other People’s Problems: $1.36M in Executive Embezzlement
Other People's Problems: The Elizabeth Holmes Trial with Stephanie Byrd, JD
Other People’s Problems: Tattoos and HIPAA Breaches with Jeff Segal, MD, JD
Other People’s Problems: Dancing Doctor
Other People’s Problems: MSOs Breaking Bad
Other People’s Problems: Dr. Death Copycat?
Other People’s Problems: Dr. Death with Mike Lyons, JD
Other People's Problems: Wiretaps in Health Care with Sarah Wirskye, JD
Other People's Problems: Twitter vs. Elon Musk
Other People's Problems: Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard
Season 10 Preview
Specialty Spotlight: DSOs with Justin Puckett, JD
Specialty Spotlight: Medical Spas with Jay Burns, MD
Specialty Spotlight: Behavioral Health With Brandi Sinclair, LPC-S
Specialty Spotlight: Scoliosis Spine Surgery with Richard Hostin, MD
Specialty Spotlight: The No Surprises Act with Plastic-Surgeon Jonathan Kaplan, MD
Specialty Spotlight: Dermatology With Paul Jarrod Frank, MD
Specialty Spotlight: Optometry With Danny Clarke, OD
Specialty Spotlight: Ambulatory Surgery Centers With Woody Moore
Specialty Spotlight: Plastic Surgery With Brad Calobrace, MD
Specialty Spotlight: Orthopedic Surgery With NFL Team Doctor Karim Meijer, MD
100th Episode! Specialty Spotlight With Hosts Michael Byrd and Brad Adatto
Season 9 Preview
Mickey Mouse and Botox with Paul Gainer
Cosmetic Physician Partners Matt Taranto and Daniel Schacter
Three-Peat with Alex Thiersch
Reaching the APX with Terri Ross
Getting Traction with Brett Spark
Memorial Day Special with Green Beret Jeff Houston
Investment Banking with Clint Bundy
Power of the Pivot with Tim Sawyer
Business and Bitcoin With Les Kreis
Finding the Right Pattern with Dominic Mazzone
Practice Makes Perfect with Amir Mortazavi
Business – What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Season 8 Preview
Red Flags – One Pager Contracts
Red Flags – Non Competes are Not Enforceable
Red Flags – Absentee Physicians: Medical Director Agreements (Part 2)
Red Flags – Absentee Physicians: Consulting Agreements (Part 1)
Red Flags – Before and After Pictures
Red Flags – When Family Dysfunction Becomes Business Dysfunction
Red Flags – Medical Estheticians
Red Flags – This Is Just A Simple Sale
Red Flags – Non-Binding Letter of Intent
Red Flags – Phantom Stock
Red Flags – Independent Contractors
Season 7 Preview
Retirement & Disability Planning with Larry Keller
Diving Into the Pros and Cons of In Office Surgical Suites
Speaking Plainly About the Pain of Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Concierge Medicine – Music to Your Ears
Don’t Play with Fyre with Dominique Nickson, MD
Billing and Coding with Jamie Lynch Vasquez
From NFL to CLIA with Keith Gray
Digital Marketing with Ryan Miller
Seeing the Beauty of Technology with Grant Stevens, MD
Protecting Your Network From A Cyberattack With Gary Salman
Jump In With Amy Anderson - The Surgeon Whisperer
The Snake Oil of Patient Reviews with Jeff Segal MD, JD
Strangest Jobs with Chris Surek and Alex Thiersch
Season 6 Preview
Formula for Entrepreneurial Success with Randy Stepp
Fumbled College Football Contracts with Mike Lyons
Lessons Learned From the Texas Botox Arrests
How Will Medical Boards Answer the Telemedicine Call?
Swiping Left on Unspoken Expectations
Being Disabled By Your Corporate Documents
Fake or Real with Anna Brewer: A Medical Practice Has No Value
Gordon Gekko Plan - Selling Your Medical Practice to Private Equity
Speaking the Language of Non Competes With Leiza Dolghih
COVID-19 - Where Are We Now?
Escaping the Bear Trap – What to do when you step into a board investigation?
Season 5 Preview
Signing Blindly – Physician Employment Agreement with Gary Tuma, M.D
Blind Spot - Partnering With A Friend
The Downside to the D.I.Y. Movement
Asking For A Friend – Questions From The MedSpa Show
Who Are You Carrying? With Navy SEALs Stephen Holley and Clint Bruce
Tear Soaked Pizza
Being Prepared for Unsolicited Offers with Ben Hernandez
MedSpa Widow Maker
Medical Director Agreement - The Fools Gold of Compliance
Hope is Not a Plan With Jessica Nunn
Whiteboards: A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
Breaking out of your Fish Bowl with Nicole Chiaramonte
Season 4 Preview
Too Good To Be True
How to Blow Your Medical Practice
When Private Parts Create a Privacy Problem
Bad Boys with Rob Griffin
Embezzlement from the Top
Coke is Bad For Your Teeth
Biting Off More Than You Can Chew
Losing Containment
A Preventable Death to Your Practice
A Cautionary Tale with the Dynamic Duo Jay and Mara Shorr
Handcuffs in Health Care with Sarah Wirskye
Special: Fire and Ice with Greg Cardenas
Season 3 Preview
The Secret to Your Success with Stephen Harvill
The Jerry Maguire of Surgeons with Matthew Vuckovich
Energize Your Aesthetic Practice with Terri Ross
It’s A Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Navy SEAL with Ryan "Birdman" Parrott
The Mindset of a CEO with Clint Carnell
Bend but Don’t Break – Asset Protection with David Mandell
The Mulligan Year - Rethinking Your Business in 2020 with Robin Pou
X-Ray Vision with Tim Sawyer
Best-Laid Plans - Adjusting Your Exit Plan when Life Happens with Grant Stevens
Special: Fires, Hurricanes, and Pandemic: 3 Truths and No Lies with Paco and Heather Canales
Patients: Practice Lifeblood or Practice Threat? With Jeff Segal MD, JD
Season 2 Preview
Unicorn Life – Jump on the Silicon Valley Fundraising Merry-Go-Round
Don’t Let Your Company Become a Bad Afternoon Talk Show
Fast Cars, Bottle Service and Jail – Details Matter in Health Care
A Handshake Exposed
Special: A Famous Doctor’s Experience with COVID-19
Don’t Be A Lone Wolf
The Painful Discovery of the Basics of Med Spa Compliance: Part Two
The Painful Discovery of the Basics of Med Spa Compliance: Part One
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