David
J. Shuffler
Director of Client Services
The Practice Valuation Group, LLC
2501 Town Mountain Road
Asheville, NC 28804
voice: 877.833.3738 cell: 201.819.0087 fax: 828.252.8372
dshuffler@practicevaluationgroup.com
David J. Shuffler is the CEO & Director of Client Services for The Practice Valuation Group, LLC, a valuation specialist offering doctors and their advisors a broad range of valuation products and services which will enable them to respond to strategic questions associated with matters such as Buying or Selling a Practice, Estate Planning, Group Practice Formation, Equitable Distribution, Loan Acquisition, Practice Start Up, Exit Strategy, Income Division, Merger or Litigation Support.
Mr. Shuffler is an expert in practice appraisal, medical practice finance and business management. He has appraised over 800 doctor practices and has been court appointed to perform practice appraisals and offer expert witness testimony in New Jersey, Alaska, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He adheres to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and Principals of Appraisal Practice and Code of Ethics of the American Society of Appraisers.
Prior to establishing The Practice Valuation Group, LLC, Mr. Shuffler was the Director of Client Services and founder of 7/49 Solutions, LLC. He also started The Paragon Group, Inc., a practice broker and appraiser, Physicians Business Advisors, LLC, a valuation consultant and set up the medical practice finance group at Midlantic Bank and National Westminster Bank, NJ where he developed credit criteria for extending loans to doctors and underwrote over $175 million in loans.
Mr. Shuffler developed a basket of consulting services for the NJVMA Member Benefit Program and was CFO and Chief Operations Officer of Rockland Veterinary, a three site, $3.6 million small animal hospital system. He is currently a member of the Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Technology Commercialization Center Mentor Program.
He wrote curriculum and presented seminars for professional societies such Medical Society of New Jersey, New Jersey Association of Certified Public Accountants, New Jersey Veterinary Medical Society, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, American Society of Appraisers Chapter #73 and the Family Law Section: Inns of Court Program. He presented his workshop “The Partnership Track” at the Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference and spoke to the Society of Medical and Dental Management Consultants on “Setting the Right Price for Your Practice.”
His articles on practice appraisal and business management have appeared in Medical Economics, New Jersey Lawyer and Journal of the New Jersey Dental Association. His "Practice Hotline" column appeared in the Bergen County Medical Society Medical Report. Mr. Shuffler also authored "The Beginning Physician's Guide for Financing a Practice" and "The Banker's Guide to the Doctor Market: Principles of Medical Risk Analysis."
Mr. Shuffler received a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a concentration in marketing and finance from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania.
GUEST SPEAKER:
| Medical Society of New Jersey | Mountainside Hospital Medical Center |
| University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ | Englewood Hospital & Medical Center |
| New Jersey Hospital Association | Bergen County Medical Society |
| Palmer College of Chiropractic | Bronx County Medical Society |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center | Jersey City Medical Center |
| New York Chiropractic College | St. Barnabas Medical Center |
| St. Mary’s Medical Center | Passaic County Medical Society |
| N.J. Assn. of Certified Public Accountants | Middlesex County Medical Society |
| American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers | Union County Dental Society |
| Westchester County Medical Society | Association of Trial Lawyers of America NJ Chapter |
| American Chiropractic Association | Bergen County Bar Association |
| American Society of Appraisers Chapter #73 | Family Law, Inns of Court Program |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | America Outdoors |
| NJSCPA Education Foundation | Community Medical Center Foundation |
| South Ocean County Hospital Foundation | Society of Medical and Dental Consultants |
| NJSCPA Healthcare Conference | N.J.
Veterinary Medical Association Atlantic Coast Veterinary Conference |
PUBLICATIONS:
Journal of
the American Chiropractic Association
“How to
Turn a Successful Associateship into a Successful Partnership”
Chiropractic
Showcase Magazine
“The
Partnership Track”
“What is
Your Associate’s Worker Status?”
“Group
Practice: A Strategic Response to a Changing Health-Care Environment”
Chiropractic
Economics
“The
New-Doctor’s Associate Employment Agreement”
Medical
Economics
“Setting the Right Price for Your Practice” Quoted extensively.
“Do You
Need a Broker to Help Sell Your Practice?” Quoted extensively.
The Medical
Report
“The
Practice Hotline” - A Quarterly Q & A Column for the Bergen County Medical
Society.
News and
Notes
“The
Practice Hotline” - A Quarterly Q & A Column for the Passaic County Medical
Society.
New Jersey
Lawyer
“How
‘Premise of Value’ Impacts Health-Care Practice Valuation”
Optometric
Economics
“Seeking
the Substance of Practice Valuation”
Podiatry
Management
“Buying
and Selling a Practice”
Journal of
the New Jersey Dental Association
“Let’s
Make a Deal: A Dentist’s Guide to Buying and Selling A Practice”
“Mergers
and Groups without Walls: The Salvation of Private Practice”
“The
Practice Hotline” - A Quarterly Q & A Column.