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On Thursday, May 29 at 12:00 PM, Rivkin Radler Partners Benjamin Malerba and Sean Simensky will present the webinar “Practice Transitions for the Practicing Dentist.”
This lecture is designed to inform dentists of some of the legal and practical issues surrounding practice transitions. Ben and Sean will explore the differing perspectives of the buyer and…
The American Dental Association (ADA) has joined a coalition of other healthcare organizations in writing a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer urging the Trump administration to exempt medical and dental supplies, equipment and devices from the President’s newly announced widespread tariffs.
The coalition’s letter explained, “Given the important role of our work in…
2025 promises to see a significant increase in the volume of healthcare mergers, acquisitions and consolidations. On Thursday, January 23, Rivkin Radler’s first Health Law Executive Briefing, 2025 Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions, will take the form of a Q&A session led by Benjamin Malerba and featuring Norton Travis, veteran healthcare executive and the newest…
In our previous article, we described the due diligence process, including what a buyer would look for in your practice. Once due diligence is under way, the next step is the purchase agreement, which is usually prepared by the buyer’s attorney.
A purchase agreement is the main document for the transaction and describes its…
Three Connecticut dental practices, together with their owners, have agreed with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut to pay $1.7 million to settle allegations that the practices violated federal and Connecticut False Claims Acts and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. This and other recent settlements seem to be suggesting that a crackdown on…
West Coast Dental Administrative Services LLC, which operates more than 40 dental and specialist locations in Southern California, and its affiliates have paid $6.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act (FCA). The alleged violations were in connection with loans received by the affiliated offices pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).…
The prohibition on fee splitting by professionals is alive and well in New York. The sale of a dental practice from one dentist to another was found to violate the state’s prohibition against fee splitting because the purchase price was to be paid, in part, based on a percentage of the future revenue of the practice. …
Rivkin Radler’s Dental Practice Counseling Group will be exhibiting and presenting at the Greater Long Island Dental Meeting from April 2-3 at the Melville Hilton. “Practice Transitions for the Practicing Dentist” will be presented by Ben Malerba, Doug Menikheim, Joel Greenberg, Eric Ploumis, and Sean Simensky on Tuesday, April 2 from 6:00 PM to 8:00…
In our previous article, we detailed the role and importance of the letter of intent (LOI) in establishing a framework for selling a dental practice. Now we will discuss the next step in the transaction – performing due diligence.
Due diligence is the process through which each party evaluates the other party(ies) to determine…
In our last installment, we discussed some of the initial steps involved in the process of selling a dental practice, including preparing your practice for sale and finding a potential suitor. Specifically, we described ways in which sellers can find potential buyers and work with advisors and brokers to evaluate the best fit. In…
