DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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, 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Company managed 67, 68 and 69 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, 2016 as follows:

	Acquisitions		De Novo Developments		Office Consolidations/ Closings
2007 and Prior		42		26		(8	)
2008		-		1		-
2009		3		-		-
2010		-		2		(2	)
2011		-		-		-
2012		-		2		(1	)
2013		-		2		(1	)
2014		-		2		(1	)
2015		-		1		-
2016		-		1		-
Total		45		37		(13	)

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.

The de novo Office opened in January 2016 is located in Commerce City, Colorado.  During the first quarter of 2017, the Company consolidated the dental services of one of its Fort Collins, Colorado Offices into another Office and subsequently closed the first Office.