The Art of Dental Finance & Management

Serving dental professionals for nearly 35 years, Art Wiederman, CPA, is a partner in HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors division that provides accounting services, tax and financial planning, retirement planning, and financial management for dental practices. His expertise in practice metrics and benchmarks allows him to identify profit opportunities and develop strategies designed to maximize revenue. A national lecturer on accounting and financial management, he hosts “The Art of Dental Finance and Management” podcast, presented by Decisions in Dentistry and the Academy of Dental CPAs. He can be reached at art.wiederman@hmwccpa.com.

Joe provides tax consulting services to industries including manufacturing, technology, construction, life sciences and government contractors. He helps clients benefit from research and development tax incentives, including federal and state credits and cost segregation studies, and he regularly works with the IRS and state taxing authorizes to support research and development tax incentives claims. Joe has written numerous articles on research and development tax incentives issues and frequently presents at conferences and seminars.

Heidi has over 15 years of tax consulting experience, both in public accounting and private industry, beginning with federal and state compliance. Her experience with R&D tax credits spans numerous industries, including dental practices, helping clients navigate the substantiation process and controversy issues. Heidi works with businesses that are creating new or improved processes and products to qualify for a Research and Development Tax Credit. She gets to know their business, innovations, and people who contribute to these efforts. This includes quantifying eligible costs, calculating the credit, and using her legal background to substantiate the credit for audit protection. Heidi received her B.S. in Finance and law degree from Arizona State University.

Serving dental professionals for nearly 35 years, Art Wiederman, CPA, is a partner in HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors division that provides accounting services, tax and financial planning, retirement planning, and financial management for dental practices. His expertise in practice metrics and benchmarks allows him to identify profit opportunities and develop strategies designed to maximize revenue. A national lecturer on accounting and financial management, he hosts “The Art of Dental Finance and Management” podcast, presented by Decisions in Dentistry and the Academy of Dental CPAs. He can be reached at art.wiederman@hmwccpa.com.

Kiera Dent is the CEO of The Dental A Team. Kiera consults in over 50 dental offices nationwide, and serves as a partner in several dental offices. You can reach Kiera by email at kiera@thedentalateam.com.

Serving dental professionals for nearly 35 years, Art Wiederman, CPA, is a partner in HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors division that provides accounting services, tax and financial planning, retirement planning, and financial management for dental practices. His expertise in practice metrics and benchmarks allows him to identify profit opportunities and develop strategies designed to maximize revenue. A national lecturer on accounting and financial management, he hosts “The Art of Dental Finance and Management” podcast, presented by Decisions in Dentistry and the Academy of Dental CPAs. He can be reached at art.wiederman@hmwccpa.com.

Scott partners with closely-held companies in health care, real estate, manufacturing and professional services, helping them navigate the operational and tax implications of their business goals. He has also worked with a number of Fortune 100 companies and has a firm grasp on tax strategies appropriate for many business structures.

Serving dental professionals for nearly 35 years, Art Wiederman, CPA, is a partner in HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors division that provides accounting services, tax and financial planning, retirement planning, and financial management for dental practices. His expertise in practice metrics and benchmarks allows him to identify profit opportunities and develop strategies designed to maximize revenue. A national lecturer on accounting and financial management, he hosts “The Art of Dental Finance and Management” podcast, presented by Decisions in Dentistry and the Academy of Dental CPAs. He can be reached at art.wiederman@hmwccpa.com.

With 20+ years in dental practice management, Jill Nesbitt, MBA, works with dental organizations from emerging groups to national DSOs as one of the Dentrix Ascend experts at Henry Schein. She started her career managing a multi-specialty group practice, then became an independent dental consultant working with multi-location dental groups to achieve measurable outcomes.

Serving dental professionals for nearly 35 years, Art Wiederman, CPA, is a partner in HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors division that provides accounting services, tax and financial planning, retirement planning, and financial management for dental practices. His expertise in practice metrics and benchmarks allows him to identify profit opportunities and develop strategies designed to maximize revenue. A national lecturer on accounting and financial management, he hosts “The Art of Dental Finance and Management” podcast, presented by Decisions in Dentistry and the Academy of Dental CPAs. He can be reached at art.wiederman@hmwccpa.com.

After purchasing his practice, the Pennsylvania Center for Dental Excellence in Philadelphia in 2007, Len practiced full-time while offering consulting to other dental practices, training thousands of dentists about reputation marketing, leading the dental division of BirdEye, a reputation marketing platform, and hosting the popular, Raving Patients podcast. He recently authored the book Raving Patients and the soon to be released 100 Tips to 100 Reviews in 100 Days. He is also the founder of Tau Dental Consulting, a firm that builds comprehensive marketing plans for dentist.

Serving dental professionals for nearly 35 years, Art Wiederman, CPA, is a partner in HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors division that provides accounting services, tax and financial planning, retirement planning, and financial management for dental practices. His expertise in practice metrics and benchmarks allows him to identify profit opportunities and develop strategies designed to maximize revenue. A national lecturer on accounting and financial management, he hosts “The Art of Dental Finance and Management” podcast, presented by Decisions in Dentistry and the Academy of Dental CPAs. He can be reached at art.wiederman@hmwccpa.com.

Dr. Sam Ahani is a general dentist who cofounded Shoreview Dental in Pacifica, California in 1997 along with his wife and partner in crime, Dr. Sepi Vafi. He graduated with a degree in computer information systems from San Francisco state in 1989. More recently he founded refera.com, a revolutionary dental referral platform.