On March 1, 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) and the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled a preliminary guidance document named Enhancing...more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (“SAMHSA”) published a final rule on Feb. 2, 2024, that cemented significant Pandemic-era flexibilities...more
Profitable Dental Practices Push to Increase Patient Satisfaction Through Automation -
A report by NexHealth, a digital scheduling platform, conducted a survey to determine the state of the dental industry in 2023 by...more
Younger Dentists are Affiliating with DSOs at Higher Rates in the U.S.
Financial constraints, stronger need for work/life balance is driving this trend -
The ADA Health Policy Institute (HPI) released data in May that...more
7/25/2023
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Capital Raising ,
Corporate Financing ,
Corporate Practice of Dentistry ,
Dentists ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Investors ,
New Legislation ,
Partnerships ,
Private Equity ,
Telemedicine
In April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized new regulations that will make critical healthcare services more accessible and affordable for Americans while expanding opportunities for physicians and...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
AI can improve dental services by complimenting, not eliminating, human performance -
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role across a variety of industries and can benefit dental practices...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
9/23/2022
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Compliance ,
Dental Practice ,
Department of Education ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Hospitals ,
Mergers ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Private Equity ,
Student Loans
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
ADA, coalition thanks lawmakers for passing bill aimed at preventing burnout among health workers as pandemic-related challenges continue to affect industry -
The ADA and 70 stakeholders praised Congress for passing the...more
3/24/2022
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Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Practice of Dentistry ,
Corporate Practice of Medicine ,
Dentists ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Hospitals ,
Mergers ,
New Legislation ,
Physicians ,
Private Equity ,
Technology
Nationwide poll on COVID-19 impacts in dentistry find lowest ‘open as usual’ rate since March -
According to the American Dental Association’s COVID-19 impact poll for the week of Dec. 13, 60.5% of organizations...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
Governor Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Medicaid (“ODM”) have announced multiple measures intended to increase access to healthcare for Ohioans, reduce administrative requirements for physicians and other healthcare...more
On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“ CMS”) issued Blanket Waivers (the “ Blanket Waivers”) of the Federal Physician Self-Referral Law (the “ Stark Law”) that apply only to financial...more
On March 17, 2020 the Ohio Department of Health issued an order (the Order) requiring all providers in the State of Ohio to cease providing all non-essential or elective surgeries and healthcare procedures. The Order applies...more
A Look Back at the First Half of 2017...
At the midpoint of 2017, deal data suggests deal volume (both PE and M&A) continues to trend downward – a trend that started in 2016 – however, despite this, deal values are...more
On July 15, 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published proposed revisions to the regulations implementing the physician self-referral law, or Stark Law. If enacted, these revisions could allow...more
9/7/2015
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Hospitals ,
Medical Devices ,
Medicare ,
Physician Medicare Reimbursements ,
Physicians ,
Stark Law
The OIG recently made available its 2014 Work Plan. The Plan identifies OIG focus areas and priority projects for the coming year. This post provides a brief summary of many of the new OIG projects for fiscal year 2014 to...more