This week in AmSpa founder and CEO, Alex R. Thiersch, JD, speaks with Patrick Blake, MD, and Praveen Ramineni, co-founders of Portrait, along with Sam Pondrom, JD, associate at national healthcare law firm ByrdAdatto. They discuss the role of medical directors in shaping aesthetic practices, from setting protocols to ensuring regulatory compliance and patient safety. Their conversation includes:

• How independent medical providers stay competitive;
• Portrait’s launch kit and systems to scale aesthetic practices;
• Navigating compliance concepts and the gravity of patient care standards;
• Building a medical director network to provide state-required oversight;
• The most common compliance mistakes people make when trying to open;
• Developing protocols and a standardized foundation for the long term future;
• Compliance as an ongoing process, knowing your exposure to risk, and more!

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