ADA Compliance for Medical and Dental Practices: Responding to Inquiries and Investigations
Setting Up Your MSO/DSO Properly: Financial and Legal Guidance Is Essential
Point by Point: The Sale of Dental Practices, Raising Capital and More with Logan Growth Advisors
Five Steps a Healthcare Banker Recommends When Acquiring a Medical or Dental Practice
Legal Steps For Dentists to Follow When Buying or Selling a Practice
Build Out Or Buy? Financing Real Estate Transactions in Healthcare Practices
Structuring DSO/MSO Healthcare Ventures and Practice Acquisitions
Marriage and Divorce Considerations for Health Care Providers
How Private Equity Firms Structure Health Care Mergers and Tax Implications
Health Care Practices: Can They Seek Employee Retention Credits Based on Harm Caused By COVID-19?
Tips for Dentists Starting or Acquiring a Dental Practice
Physician and Dental Practice Branding - A Legal Perspective
As government scrutiny of the healthcare industry intensifies, enforcement agencies are casting wider nets to recover funds based on narrowly interpreted violations. This puts not only healthcare providers but also those...more
Indiana currently has a reporting requirement related to health care entity mergers and acquisitions that requires parties to covered health care entity transactions—including Dental Support Organization (“DSO”)...more
DSOs have experienced several challenges amid the slowing private equity space in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic and the tightening of the private equity space, however, there are signs of a shift, with a number of...more
ADA Advocating for Fluoridation, Says Medical Devices Should Not Be Subjected to Tariffs - The dental industry and DSOs are experiencing change as both continue to embrace technology, including AI. The political and...more
Our Health Care Group breaks down two California bills (SB 351 and AB 1415) that would regulate private equity’s and hedge funds’ roles in managing health care and dental practices....more
Moving into 2025, the dental industry faces a series of transformative shifts driven by evolving patient expectations, the rise of Dental Support Organizations (DSOs) and persistent operational challenges. The industry will...more
Dental organizations see benefits from embracing sustainable practices - Dentsply Sirona highlighted its progress in ESG initiatives in its sustainability report, which can give DSOs a competitive edge and build brand...more
Dentologie shares thoughts on growth by building on its unique brand identity - While other DSOs have focused on growth through acquisitions, Dentologie instead builds on its unique culture, modern aesthetic, and consumer...more
Amendments made by the California Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) to its cost and market impact review (CMIR) regulations became effective on Aug. 22, 2024, and serve to expand the scope of the Health Care Quality...more
A study at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry developed a chatbot using information reviewed by faculty members to answer questions about clinical procedures. Cortino Sukotjo, DDS, PhD, a professor of...more
Mark your calendar for the 2024 McGuireWoods Healthcare Private Equity and Finance Conference, and help us celebrate 20 years of bringing healthcare industry leaders together. This premier two-day healthcare...more
Conceived and founded by 16 doctors, EPIC4 is a unique entity—a Specialty Partnership Organization where dental specialists can maximize potential at all stages of their life and practice. Forming EPIC4 was something of an...more
Dental practice consolidation to continue in 2023 despite economic uncertainty - Despite the rapid increase in consolidation in the past decade, analysts believe that it is only the beginning for the DSO industry, with...more
A DSO, or a dental support organization, is an entity that contracts with dental practices to provide administrative, marketing, and/or other business management services for the practice. DSOs do not perform any clinical...more
Although healthcare M&A activity in Q3 declined slightly from the previous quarter, analysts believe the activity level declined much less than expected given the numerous headwinds—inflation, rising interest rates, labor...more
Even with the potential of a recession looming, private equity investment in the dental sector continues to soar. We are seeing a significant amount of transactions in this space, which often positions experienced buyers...more
Insurance reimbursements remained stagnant despite higher operating costs for dental practices - According to an August poll by the American Dental Association’s Health Policy Institute, insurance reimbursements have not...more
Court Square Capital acquisition of West Coast Dental could fuel M&A in Calif. and neighboring states - The acquisition was reportedly valued around $250 million and plans for the acquisition include accelerating new de...more
Dentists continue to shift toward DSO-supported practices amid ongoing labor challenges - According to the American Dental Association, DSO-supported practices are now considered one of the fastest growing practice models...more
2022 started strong for healthcare transactions with some reports suggesting a record-breaking January. Although deal activity cooled in February and March, transaction pipelines still indicate that 2022 is on pace to match...more
The dental subsector has continued to garner interest from healthcare investors over the past several years, largely because the subsector remains fragmented. This offers numerous opportunities for buyers, particularly...more
Teledentistry M&As aim to increase access to on-demand virtual dental care - According to the American Dental Association (ADA), every 15 seconds, a person enters an Emergency Room with a dental emergency, costing the...more
Key Issues - Nation’s largest DSOs successfully weather the pandemic - Data from the American Dental Association (ADA) shows a steady, long-term growth trend for DSOs. In 2017, the ADA found 7.4% of U.S. dentists were...more
Industry continues to struggle with employee recruitment and retention - DSO thought leaders recently weighed in on how they feel 2021 is progressing for the industry and what they think will be the major issues going...more
Differentiation is critical when navigating the DSO acquisition landscape, according to experts who spoke on a panel at the 17th Annual Healthcare and Life Sciences Private Equity and Finance Conference on February 19 and 20...more