Directory · verified September 8, 2026
The formation and legal-structure directory.
Nobody compares the routes to an MSO and friendly-PC structure, so this page does: eight healthcare law firms with telehealth practices, five productized formation services with each one's not-a-law-firm posture stated (disclaimers quoted verbatim where they exist), the platform-included route where the structure comes with the software, and the DIY route with its risk stated plainly. Published pricing where it exists (three of the thirteen listed services post real figures), quote-only stated as such, and two firms from our candidate list that turned out to have closed, recorded so you don't call them. (This page is operator orientation as of September 2026, not legal advice; corporate-practice rules are state law in motion, and you'll want healthcare counsel for the real thing.)
Published by EmbedCare, whose operated platform is itself a version of the platform-included route, so read it knowing that. Law-firm descriptions are each firm's own; nothing is ranked, no vendor paid to appear, and inclusion implies no relationship with EmbedCare in either direction. Corrections: anthony@embedcare.com.
Route 1: healthcare law firms with telehealth-MSO practices
Bespoke counsel: you own everything, the structure is built for your exact states and model, and almost nobody publishes fees (the attorney-advertising norm). Descriptions below are each firm's own; this page recommends none of them.
Nixon Law Group (formerly Nixon Gwilt Law)
Website- What it is
- Digital-health law firm; renamed to Nixon Gwilt Law in October 2020 and has since reverted to Nixon Law Group on its own site (reversion date not stated).
- Offering (its description)
- CPOM compliance, telehealth and virtual-care legal support, MSO structure guidance, RPM/RTM reimbursement strategy, digital therapeutics and AI governance (its own services list)
- States
- HQ Vienna, VA; attorneys licensed in ten states plus DC per its site
- Pricing posture
- Not published
Jackson LLP Healthcare Lawyers
Website- What it is
- Healthcare law firm positioning itself as functioning like in-house counsel for practices.
- Offering (its description)
- Telehealth and telemedicine law, MSO/MSA arrangements, LLC/PLLC/corporation formation (its own services list)
- States
- Offices in IL, WI, NY, TX, CA; serves those states plus DC per its site
- Pricing posture
- Not published
ByrdAdatto
Website- What it is
- Business and healthcare law firm with a strong med-spa, aesthetics, and healthcare-founder base.
- Offering (its description)
- Entity structuring and formation, CPOM/MSO compliance by state, growth structuring (its own description)
- States
- Offices in Dallas and Chicago
- Pricing posture
- Structure published, figures gated: its Access+ subscription advertises one predictable monthly fee with no dollar amounts published (September 8, 2026)
Lengea Law
Website- What it is
- Healthcare business law firm (med spas, telehealth, wellness) and the only firm in this set with fully published productized pricing; states it has helped form and advise over 700 healthcare practices (its claim).
- Offering (its description)
- MSO/MSA formation, entity formation, telemedicine work, template library, memberships with prepaid hours
- States
- Not enumerated on the membership page
- Pricing posture
- Published memberships (its page, September 8, 2026): $399, $499, or $999 per month billed annually, each with prepaid-hours allowances and template access by tier, plus a $499 one-time initiation fee and a 12-month minimum term
- Note
- The market's template route runs through this firm's memberships rather than around a lawyer; see the DIY section below.
LumaLex Law
Website- What it is
- Law firm with a dedicated telehealth-MSO practice page.
- Offering (its description)
- MSO and PC formation, MSA drafting and negotiation, CPOM compliance analysis, multi-state licensing and prescribing compliance; explicitly does not offer physician matching (its own pages)
- States
- Not enumerated; names California, Texas, and New York as strong-CPOM examples
- Pricing posture
- Not published
Bay Legal PC
Website- What it is
- California-focused firm counseling on telehealth corporate structure and MSO design.
- Offering (its description)
- California PC formation guidance (its page: a California telehealth practice rendering clinical services requires a professional corporation), MSO design, multi-state expansion, CA AI-disclosure compliance
- States
- California-first, with multi-state expansion guidance
- Pricing posture
- Not published
Elevare Law
Website- What it is
- Small healthcare/telehealth-focused firm; recorded at secondary quality (offering verified from its articles rather than a dedicated services page).
- Offering (its description)
- MSO-PC structure formation and guidance, CPOM compliance, state-specific regulatory monitoring (per its articles)
- States
- Licensed in Virginia and Michigan per its site
- Pricing posture
- Not published
Health Law Alliance
Website- What it is
- Healthcare defense firm (audits, enforcement, investigations) whose telehealth page also covers proactive structuring; defense-grade counsel that also structures.
- Offering (its description)
- MSO setup counsel, vendor agreements, launch checklists for new platforms, alongside its defense practice (its own page)
- States
- Not enumerated
- Pricing posture
- Not published; describes individually scoped, typically flat-fee engagements (its wording)
Route 2: productized MSO-formation services
Non-law-firm services that productize the structure: flat or quoted rates, attorney work handled through partner counsel, and you still own what gets built. The not-a-law-firm disclaimer is itself a comparison row, quoted verbatim where it exists.
Permit Health
Website- What it is
- Productized MSO-PC formation with a pre-built PC network. Its own disclaimer, verbatim: 'Permit is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice'; legal work runs through what it calls top healthcare attorney partners.
- Offering (its description)
- MSO-friendly PC formation, matching with a 50-state licensed PC owner or plugging into its existing PC entities, collaborating physicians, compliance tooling (its own pages)
- States
- All 50 states and DC (its claim)
- Pricing posture
- Not published; quote after you share target states (its wording). Timeline claims range from 7-14 days to 2-4 weeks across its own pages
Foundry PC
Website- What it is
- Productized formation plus friendly-PC-owner matching. Its own disclaimer, verbatim: 'Not a law firm. Foundry PC is a d/b/a of Catalyze Care LLC.' Attorney work runs through its healthcare attorney network.
- Offering (its description)
- MSO-PC entity formation, vetted physician PC-owner matching, collaborating physician and medical-director placement, ongoing compliance (its own pages)
- States
- All 50 states (its claim)
- Pricing posture
- Published flat pricing (its homepage, September 8, 2026): $15,000 one-time formation and $3,000 per month for the friendly PC owner; claims a match within 24 hours
MedPath Compliance Group
Website- What it is
- Physician-founded structuring and compliance firm. Its own disclaimer, verbatim: 'MedPath provides compliance and operational guidance, not legal or medical advice'; formation documents are drafted by outside CPOM counsel it coordinates.
- Offering (its description)
- MSO-PC structuring coordination, physician PC ownership with clinical oversight, ongoing compliance monitoring, multi-state expansion support (its own pages)
- States
- Licensed in all 50 states plus DC (its claim); calls out California SB 351 and Oregon SB 951 specifically
- Pricing posture
- Not published
Zivian Health (PC-MSO setup)
Website- What it is
- Compliance platform whose PC Owners product covers PC-MSO setup support; whether it forms entities itself or coordinates formation is not stated, and no not-a-law-firm disclaimer appears on the page reviewed.
- Offering (its description)
- Matching with vetted physician PC owners, support for PC registration, MSAs, and oversight agreements, monthly advisory meetings, ongoing compliance (its own page)
- States
- Physician PC owners licensed in all 50 states (its claim)
- Pricing posture
- Not published; its FAQ states no initiation fee beyond the agreed service agreement
- Note
- This row covers only its formation angle; Zivian's collaboration and oversight profile lives in our medical director directory.
TeleLaunch
Website- What it is
- Done-for-you telehealth company builder, not a law firm. Its own disclaimers, verbatim: 'TeleLaunch provides non-clinical management, technology, and marketing services for telehealth businesses' and 'We do not practice medicine, provide medical advice, or dispense medication.' Straddles this route and the platform route: the structure comes as part of a full company build.
- Offering (its description)
- Builds the company under your LLC: MSO/friendly-PC structure, HIPAA and business associate agreements, LegitScript filing management, branded storefront and intake, e-prescribing routing (its own page)
- States
- Claims 50-state provider access
- Pricing posture
- Published flat build (its site, September 8, 2026): $50,000 for the complete company, with a 45-60 day launch path (its claims)
- Note
- TeleLaunch competes in the done-for-you space EmbedCare also serves; read this row with that in mind, like everything on this page.
Profiles reflect each vendor's public positioning as verified on September 8, 2026. Two candidate firms were verified closed during this pass and are not rowed: Cohen Healthcare Law Group states on its own homepage that it stopped providing legal services as of July 17, 2026 (Michael H. Cohen joined Offit Kurman, per that firm's July 20, 2026 announcement), and Fenton Jurkowitz has closed with its healthcare attorneys continuing at Much. Checked but unreachable at review: Chapman Law Group, MedLink (both flagged for a second look). This page is re-verified quarterly and on any closure, merger, or rename touching a listed vendor.
Route 3: the structure that comes with the platform.
On an operated platform, the clinical side arrives with the software, and in some versions the medical-group arrangement itself does too, so the founder never forms a PC or hires a PC owner. The verified pattern from vendors' own public pages, September 8, 2026: platforms consistently advertise clinician provision, but almost none put entity provision in writing. Beluga describes the doctor network and clinical infrastructure that sits behind your brand; Karpa states outright that you do not need a medical license to run a white-label clinic on its platform, with partnership from-pricing on its offers page (both paid tiers display from $297 a month, while its main pricing page carries no figures). OpenLoop and Wheel state clinician provision without entity language, and Bask is the software-only counter-example: no clinical entity stated at all. The lesson is that white-label platform never automatically means structure included; ask in writing who owns the professional entity. EmbedCare's operated programs are our version of this route, which is exactly why this paragraph names competitors first.
And route 4, DIY with templates: our pass found no credible standalone MSO-template shop for telehealth; the real template route runs through a law firm's membership (Lengea's tiers bundle templates with prepaid hours). The management services agreement is the load-bearing document, and a template that misprices the management fee or leaves control with the non-physician entity recreates the corporate-practice violation the structure exists to avoid. Cheapest until it isn't.
Formation routes: FAQ
How much does it cost to set up an MSO and friendly-PC structure?
The published anchors as of September 8, 2026: Foundry PC posts $15,000 one-time formation plus $3,000 per month for the friendly PC owner; TeleLaunch posts a $50,000 flat build that includes the structure inside a full company launch; and Lengea Law publishes membership tiers at $399, $499, and $999 per month (billed annually, plus a $499 initiation fee) that bundle formation work with prepaid hours. Everyone else quotes: Permit Health after you share target states, MedPath and Zivian unpublished, and traditional law firms per engagement. State count, CPOM strictness, and whether you need a PC owner supplied are what move the quote.
Do I need a law firm, or can a productized formation service do it?
Read each service's own disclaimer, because they answer this themselves: Permit Health states it 'is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice', Foundry PC and MedPath carry equivalent language, and all three route the actual legal drafting through attorney partners or outside CPOM counsel. The productized route buys speed and a packaged process; the law-firm route buys bespoke judgment on your exact states and model. Either way a lawyer touches the documents; the question is whether one is advising you or their process.
What does 'platform-included' mean, and do platforms replace the structure?
On an operated platform, the clinical side (and in some versions, the medical-group arrangement itself) comes with the platform, so you never form a PC or hire a PC owner. The verified pattern across vendors' own pages: platforms consistently advertise clinician provision, but almost none put entity provision in writing publicly; Beluga and Karpa both publish explicit language about what sits behind your brand, while a software-only platform like Bask states no clinical entity at all, which is why 'white-label platform' never automatically means 'structure included'. Ask any platform, in writing, who owns the professional entity your patients are seen under.
Can I DIY the MSO structure with templates?
No credible standalone MSO-template shop for telehealth verified in our September 2026 pass; the closest real template route runs through Lengea Law's memberships, meaning through a law firm, not around one. The risk lives in the management services agreement: fee structures must hold up as fair market value, control boundaries must respect corporate-practice-of-medicine rules that vary by state, and a template that misprices the management fee or leaves control with the non-physician entity recreates exactly the violation the structure exists to avoid. DIY is the cheapest route until it isn't.
This directory is operator orientation, not legal advice and not a recommendation of any firm or service; corporate-practice-of-medicine and fee-splitting rules are state law that changes, so involve healthcare counsel in structuring decisions and confirm every claim directly.
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