DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION [Abstract]

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION

(1) DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION

Birner Dental Management Services, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the ''Company''), was incorporated in May 1995 and provides business services to dental group practices. As of December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Company managed 64, 65 and 66 dental practices (collectively referred to as the ''Offices''), respectively.  The Company provides business services, which are designed to improve the efficiency and profitability of the dental practices. The Offices are organized as professional corporations (“P.C.s”) and the Company provides its business services to the Offices under long-term management agreements (the ''Management Agreements'').

The Company has grown primarily through acquisitions and Offices developed internally ("de novo Offices"). The following table highlights the Company’s growth through December 31, 2013 as follows:

			De Novo		Office Consolidations/
	Acquisitions		Developments		Closings
2004 and Prior		42		20		(7	)
2005		-		2		-
2006		-		4		(1	)
2007		-		-		-
2008		-		1		-
2009		3		-		-
2010		-		2		(2	)
2011		-		-		-
2012		-		2		(1	)
2013		-		2		(1	)
Total		45		33		(12	)

The Company's operations and expansion strategy depend, in part, on the availability of dentists, dental hygienists and other professional personnel and the ability to hire and assimilate additional management and other employees to accommodate expanded operations.

During 2013, the Company opened two de novo Offices.  One Office, which is located in the Loveland, Colorado market, opened in July 2013.  The second de novo Office, which is located in the Monument, Colorado market, opened in December 2013.  During December 2013, the Company consolidated the dental services of one of its Denver, Colorado Offices into another Office and subsequently closed this Office.