ACQUISITIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

ACQUISITIONS [Abstract]

ACQUISITIONS

(4) ACQUISITIONS

With each Office acquisition, the Company enters into a contractual arrangement, including a Management Agreement, which has a term of 40 years. Pursuant to these contractual arrangements, the Company provides all business and marketing services at the Offices, other than the provision of dental services, and it has long-term and unilateral control over the assets and business operations of each Office. Accordingly, acquisitions are considered business combinations and are accounted as such.

2009 Acquisition

On October 29, 2009, the Company acquired the assets of an Arizona partnership and entered into a Management Agreement to manage the practice for a purchase price of $700,000, in cash, and an estimated fair value of contingent liabilities of $850,000 assumed in this acquisition.  These contingent liabilities were recorded as of the date of acquisition, were payable beginning after four years from the acquisition date and were calculated at a multiple of the then trailing twelve-month operating cash flows.  During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Company remeasured the fair value of the contingent liabilities and reduced it by $179,000 to $421,000.  The $179,000 was recognized as other income during the quarter.  During the quarter ended December 31, 2015, the Company remeasured the fair value of the contingent liabilities and reduced it by $100,000 to $321,000.  The $100,000 was recognized as other income during the quarter.

The fair value of the acquisition was based on significant inputs not observable in the market and is therefore defined as level 3 inputs under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”.  Key assumptions include the projected operating results of the acquired enterprises.

The Company did not acquire any Offices in 2014, 2015 or 2016.