Cohen Healthcare Law Group

Where Cohen Healthcare Law Group fits

Almost every med spa in a corporate-practice-of-medicine state is built on the same legal chassis: a professional corporation owned by a licensed physician, a management services organization owned by the entrepreneur, and a management services agreement connecting the two. Cohen Healthcare Law Group is arguably the leading authority on that chassis. The California-based boutique has spent more than 30 years in healthcare, FDA, and FTC law, and its founder's writing on MSOs, CPOM, fee-splitting, and anti-kickback rules is among the most-cited educational material in the field.

The firm serves clients nationally, and while med spas are a major focus, the practice spans the broader healthcare and wellness economy — telehealth companies, supplement and skincare brands, integrative-medicine practices. That breadth is a feature: it is precisely why the firm's FDA and FTC advertising-compliance capability exists, and med spas increasingly need it as before-and-after marketing, influencer promotion, and product claims draw regulator attention.

What stands out

• Structuring authority. MSO/MSA design, PC + MSO dual-entity formation, and state-specific CPOM and fee-splitting analysis are the firm's signature work. If your business model's legality is the question, this is a natural first call.
• FDA/FTC depth most aesthetics firms lack. Marketing claims, endorsements, and product-adjacent questions sit squarely inside the firm's regulatory wheelhouse — a meaningful differentiator as med-spa marketing exposure grows.
• Longevity. Three decades of healthcare regulatory practice means the firm has watched enforcement philosophies evolve across multiple cycles, not just the current med-spa boom.
• The education library. The firm's free articles and videos on CPOM and MSO questions are genuinely useful diligence reading before you spend a dollar on counsel.

Where it falls short

• Pricing opacity. No published rates, no flat-fee menu, and initial strategy consultations are paid. This is standard for boutique regulatory counsel but scores low on our transparency rubric; ask for scoped quotes on structuring projects.
• Not aesthetics-only. Med spas share the firm's attention with the wider healthcare and wellness economy. Operators who want a firm living entirely inside the med-spa industry — its conferences, its associations, its board-complaint patterns — may prefer ByrdAdatto or Lengea.
• Lighter on operational and defense work. Day-to-day employment matters and board-investigation defense are not the practice's center of gravity the way structuring and regulatory analysis are.
• No aggregate ratings. Like all law firms, Cohen has no verifiable G2/Capterra-style review data; our scores are editorial, grounded in the firm's public authority and longevity.

Who should choose it

Choose Cohen Healthcare Law Group when structure is the question: launching or restructuring an MSO, validating CPOM and fee-splitting compliance in a new state, or untangling a management agreement a prior lawyer got wrong. It is also the strongest pick on this list when your risk is marketing-facing — FDA/FTC exposure from claims, promotions, or product lines. For ongoing operational counsel or a board complaint already in motion, an aesthetics-first firm may fit better; for the architecture underneath your business, Cohen is the authority.