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Having represented numerous optometrists in Private Equity sales, Dr. Steinberg has unique experience and expertise in at his disposal for assisting doctors selling, or considering selling, their practices to a Private Equity buyer.
Make no mistake about it -- selling to Private Equity is NOT the same as selling your practice to another optometrist. From start to finish, you'll find that "things happen" that you don't expect. Accounts payable, accounts receivable, you name it, everything is handled differently. Private Equity transactions are structured in entirely different ways, and are far more complex, than an ordinary OD to OD sale. This is not one you can do alone. You'll need an attorney with real experience in these complex, but potentially very rewarding, transactions. Dr. Steinberg has assisted doctors in transactions with many of the leading Private Equity buyers, including Total Vision, Acuity, Keplr, and MyEyeDoctor. If you are thinking about Private Equity you are encouraged to reach out to Dr. Steinberg to learn about the process, what you can expect, and obtain the benfits of his experience.
If you are even starting to consider a Private Equity sale you're encouarged to reach out today. There is a considerable amount of early planning that can allow you to maximize your value later and help ensure a smooth and profitable transaction.
Optometry's First Concierge Business and Legal Consulting
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After more than 20 years defending optometry and optometrists, there is, perhaps, no person in the United States that knows more about optometric law, or has more real-world hand-on experience assisting and defending optometrists, both inside and outside of the courtroom, than Craig Steinberg, O.D., J.D.
With that in mind, Dr. Steinberg is changing how he practices and -- importantly -- who he will represent.
In a program never before offered in optometry, Dr. Steinberg will soon begin accepting up to 300 optometrists – and only 300 – as his Concierge Clients. Only Concierge Clients will have guaranteed access to Dr. Steinberg's business and legal consulting services, or his legal representation. Dr. Steinberg will provide his Concierge Clients with low cost pre-paid consulting and personalized services for wide a variety of business and legal matters, VSP compliance reviews designed to help prevent you from being audited or suffering a bad outcome if you are audited, and even a full VSP Audit legal defense if you are audited by VSP. California optometrists can add State Board compliance consulting and full legal defense of State Board of Optometry inquiries, citations and accusations.
For detailed information or to sign up to be a Concierge Client, please visit the MyOptometryLawyer preview website at www.MyOptometryLawyer.com.
Most optometrists are familiar with HIPAA. Few, however, have a comprehensive HIPAA Policy and Procedure Manual, much less one that complies with the final HIPAA Rules which took effect in September, 2013. HIPAA Manuals drafted before January, 2013 are not compliant with the "final" rules. In the event of a patient complaint or an audit by the Office of Civil Rights each "Covered Entity" must have a HIPAA Policy and Procedure Manual. Dr. Steinberg's model HIPAA Policy and Procedure Manual is up-to-date and fully HIPAA compliant. It is 100 pages long and includes all the sample forms you need to meet the HIPAA requirements if you are audited.
Expert witnesses are often called upon to provide independent opinions based on their knowledge or expertise, and to advise litigation counsel regarding optometry and optometric practices. Dr. Steinberg has been retained or is qualified as an expert witness or legal consultant in a variety of cases and case types concerning the practice of optometry, including defending Medicare and Medicaid (Medi-Cal) audits, State Board of Optometry discipline cases, optometric practice valuation matters, and optometric malpractice/standard of care cases. He is available to provide expert consulting to help attorneys prepare their cases, or to testify directly as an expert.
As a seasoned trial attorney himself, with more than 30 years of experience as an optometrist and more than 20 years as a litigator, Dr. Steinberg is uniquely skilled at testifying in front of a Judge or Jury and, as a result, able to explain sometimes complex matters clearly, making them understandable, and he is able to get his point across in a way that few experts have the knowledge or experience to do. Dr. Steinberg is available as an expert consultant or witness in all fifty states.
If you or your counsel are looking for an expert opinion or assistance, please contact Dr. Steinberg directly at Craig@Optometry.Expert.
In addition to practicing both law and optometry over the past 20+ years, Dr. Steinberg lectures regularly on legal issues affecting optometrists to various optometric groups, including most recently, the American Optometric Society, the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry, and The Power Practice, and the University of Houston College of Optometry. He has also written for numerous optometric journals and periodicals, including Review of Optometry, Optometric Management, and Women in Optometry.