Dental Services

Wiggin and Dana LLP has served the dental community for decades, counseling clients on a broad range of legal issues affecting dentists and dental service providers. Our experienced team addresses the unique needs and interests of a wide range of dental clients, from individual practitioners, to dental practices with multiple office locations, to dental service organizations.

We advise dental practices and other dental organizations on an array of regulatory, operational and corporate matters, including reimbursement issues, audits, licensure and scope of practice, governance, tax exemption, real estate, statutory and regulatory changes, and employment matters.

While all health care providers face these wide-ranging legal issues, our team is distinctly tuned into and experienced with how these issues affect dental providers. For example, we have represented scores of dental practices embroiled in Connecticut Medicaid audits. Our deep bench, our reputation and long-standing working relationship with regulators, and our knowledge of how dental practices operate clinically and administratively have made us highly effective advocates in regulatory proceedings.

The dental industry is changing rapidly through consolidations, technological advancements, and shifting reimbursement and payor auditing practices. We are committed to helping dentists and dental organizations through these changes, allowing dentists and their services providers to focus on growing their practices and caring for patients. We are ready and able to provide counsel on all issues affecting dentists, including:

• Corporate formation and structuring
• Partnership and employment agreements
• Licensure
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Affiliations and collaborations
• Real estate
• Employment counseling and litigation
• Business transactions
• Billing and documentation
• HIPAA and related privacy and security matters
• Policy and procedure review
• Disciplinary matters before the state licensure board
• Medicaid and other payor audits
• Internal and government investigations, including the Department of Social Services, the OIG, and the Attorney General
• Malpractice litigation
• Commercial litigation

For more information on Wiggin and Dana’s dental services, contact Jody Erdfarb.