California Attorney General Settlement with Aspen Dental Scrutinizes MSO Structures in Healthcare Industry

Key Takeaways The California Attorney General’s settlement with Aspen Dental establishes detailed boundaries between permissible management services and impermissible MSO control, targeting common structural features such as revenue-based management fees, MSO ownership of practice property, and clinician non-compete provisions — creating de facto compliance guideposts for every MSO operating in California. Organizations using MSO structures — particularly those backed by private equity — should conduct immediate structural and operational compliance reviews of … Continued