overview
Dan has significant experience in business law, finance and real estate transactions. His background includes experience as a Certified Public Accountant and time serving as managing partner of the firm. He currently is a member of Kerr Russell’s executive committee and understands how legal issues impact business objectives and the necessity of providing practical, results oriented advice.
Practice Areas
Bio
Dan routinely advises clients in several industries including manufacturing, healthcare, real estate, service, and technology. He assists clients with tax issues and other aspects of entity formation, prepares and reviews entity governance documents and employment, shareholder, supplier, and a variety of other common contracts. He is often engaged in connection with the purchase and sale of business interests, mergers and acquisitions and other forms of business acquisition and divestiture. These transactions often involve issues related to a client’s interest in real estate. He regularly is asked to prepare and review leases, purchase and sale agreements and to assist with all aspects of real estate due diligence including resolving title and survey issues, reviewing environmental reports and other development issues.
Dan’s work in the healthcare industry is well known. He is primarily responsible for the firm’s representation of the Michigan State Medical Society, the Michigan Dental Association, and the Michigan Osteopathic Association and many physicians, dentists, group practices and surgery centers. Dan is well versed in health care licensing, HIPAA, Stark law, Anti-Kickback Statute, other fraud and abuse laws and regulations applicable to those in the healthcare industry.
Dan is repeatedly ranked among The Best Lawyers in America© and has been named a “Michigan Super Lawyer” by Thompson Reuters for many years.
View Dan’s presentation “Contract Negotiations” to the Michigan Osteopathic Association’s Council of Interns and Residents. (November 2020)
credentials
Affiliations
- State Bar of Michigan
- American Bar Association
- Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- American Health Lawyers Association
- American Society of Medical Association Counsel
Bar and Court Admissions
- Michigan
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Education
- Wayne State University Law School, J.D.
- Albion College, B.S.
Insights & News
November 29, 2023
Problems with Referral Incentives Explained
October 30, 2023
Is This Patient Abandonment? Two Scenarios
August 28, 2023
Status of Covenants Not to Compete and Liquidated Damages Provisions
August 17, 2023
Kerr Russell Attorneys Recognized By Best Lawyers In America© 2024 And Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch
July 26, 2023
Did I Commit Fraud?
June 20, 2023
Accessing/Disclosing Prescription Information on Software Platforms
May 24, 2023
What Are My Rights When a Health Plan Audits My Claims?
May 22, 2023
When Patients Won't Agree to Exams and X-Rays
April 28, 2023
Why the Antitrust Laws Are Important in Dentistry
March 31, 2023
Are My Recruiting Strategies Damaging My Practice?
March 22, 2023
FTC Considers Banning Covenants Not to Compete
February 22, 2023
Terminating the Dentist-Patient Relationship and Avoiding Abandonment
January 26, 2023
How Does an 'Assignment of Benefits' Work?
January 6, 2023
Employee vs. Independent Contractor
November 23, 2022
Ex-Employees Who Solicit Patients Using Stolen Information
October 24, 2022
Dealing with Patients Who Have Been Using Marijuana
September 19, 2022
Understanding the Dental Plan Audit Process
August 23, 2022
Can Dental Ratings be Defamatory?
August 18, 2022
Kerr Russell Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America© 2023 and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
August 12, 2022
Kerr Russell Attorneys Named 2022 Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
July 18, 2022
Leased Provider Networks Cause Payment Confusion
June 20, 2022
Purchase Price Allocation When Selling Your Practice
June 6, 2022
What is Illegal About Disclosing Fee Schedules?
April 25, 2022
Responding to Internet Criticism and HIPAA Considerations
March 21, 2022
Winning Your Case and Still Being Sanctioned
February 21, 2022
Can I be Reported to the Data Bank in Connection with a Billing Dispute?
January 24, 2022
Network Leasing Arrangements and Their Effect on Fees
December 7, 2021
Disclosure of Employee Vaccination Status is Not a HIPAA Violation
November 22, 2021
State Responds to Auto No-Fault Payment Delays
October 11, 2021
New Michigan Law Changes How CRNAs Practice
August 19, 2021
Kerr Russell Attorneys Named to 2022 Best Lawyers® List
August 10, 2021
Can Patients Restrict Me from Filing Claims with Dental Plans?
June 11, 2021
Can General Dentists Advertise Specialty Services?
May 11, 2021
A Reminder About Dentistry and Antitrust Law
April 19, 2021
Unreasonable Non-compete and Damages Provisions in Employment Contracts
March 16, 2021
Further Discussion on COVID-19 Vaccination Employer Liability Issues
February 4, 2021
Q&A on Legal Issues and COVID-19 Vaccination
January 12, 2021
BCBSM Lawsuit Settlement May Bode Well for ADA
December 9, 2020
Are the Revised DOL Regulations Retroactive?
November 16, 2020
22 Kerr Russell Attorneys Recognized as DBusiness 2021 Top Lawyers
November 16, 2020
Providing Dental Records to Patients with Past-Due Accounts
October 14, 2020
Relief from Contracts Due to the Pandemic
October 6, 2020
“Now What?”: Supreme Court’s COVID-19 Executive Order Decision
September 18, 2020
Kerr Russell Attorneys Named 2020 Michigan Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
September 8, 2020
Debt Collection Practices: What's Legal?
August 20, 2020
Kerr Russell Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America© 2021 and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch
August 4, 2020
Must Dentists Provide Paid Leave Under the Families First Law?
July 14, 2020
15 Lawyers From Kerr Russell Recognized as Leading Lawyers 2020
July 8, 2020
Can Anxiety Over COVID-19 be Considered a Disability?
June 11, 2020
Recent Coronavirus-Related Questions
June 11, 2020
The CARES Act and Relief to Dentists Affected by COVID-19 Business Interruption
April 30, 2020
CARES Act Provides Tax Relief to Physicians Affected by COVID-19 Business Interruption
April 21, 2020
Some Legal Considerations When Selling a Practice
April 3, 2020
BCBS Antitrust Litigation May Have Encouraged Delta Lawsuit
March 17, 2020
Coronavirus/COVID-19 Business Continuity: A Message to Our Community, Clients and Friends
February 17, 2020
Disputing a Determination by a Workers’ Compensation Insurer
January 17, 2020
Avoiding a National Practitioner Data Bank Report
December 13, 2019
Daniel Schulte Answers Questions about Dental Records
November 27, 2019
Is a Misunderstanding of Billing Procedures Fraud?
November 15, 2019
19 Kerr Russell Attorneys Recognized as DBusiness Top Lawyers for 2020
October 14, 2019
Daniel Schulte Writes About Legal Marijuana Use on Licensure and Employment
September 25, 2019
How to Respond to a Notice of Investigation from LARA
September 3, 2019
15 Kerr Russell Attorneys Recognized on the 2019 Michigan Super Lawyers List
August 21, 2019
Fairness in Employment Agreements in a Dental Practice
August 15, 2019
15 Lawyers From Kerr Russell Are Recognized In The Best Lawyers In America© 2020
July 16, 2019
Dentistry And The Law: Q & A With Health Care Attorney Daniel Schulte
June 25, 2019
Compliance Overview of the HIPAA Security Rule
June 20, 2019
Dentistry and The Law: Q & A with Health Care Attorney Daniel Schulte
May 20, 2019
Health Care Law: Physician Self-Regulation
May 14, 2019
A Medical Marijuana Card Does Not Protect Employment
September 20, 2018
Kerr Russell recognizes our 2018 dbusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit honorees
September 14, 2018
Is it legal to have more than one fee schedule?
September 7, 2018
15 Kerr Russell attorneys recognized as 2018 Super Lawyers
August 15, 2018
15 lawyers from Kerr Russell were recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019
August 14, 2018
New requirements for opioid prescribing now effective
July 10, 2018
Practice Break-Ups/Ownership of Patient Records
June 5, 2018
Beware termination rights in your contracts
May 17, 2018
Daniel Schulte, Patrick Haddad, Katherine Cser conduct "Ask the Experts" panel at Michigan State Medical Society's 7th Annual Spring Scientific Meeting
May 13, 2018
2018 Detroit Heart Walk a great (if rainy) success - Kerr Russell colleagues contribute over $6,000
May 4, 2018
The difference between "noncovered services" and "disallowed services"
April 5, 2018
Fred Herrmann honored at Michigan Lawyers Weekly's "Leaders in the Law" luncheon
April 2, 2018
Beware when purchasing software and other technology
March 16, 2018
Extension of the Moratorium for the 2.3% Medical Device Excise Tax
March 12, 2018
2017 prescribing requirements add burdens to physician practice
March 9, 2018
Dan Schulte presents on new opioid prescribing laws to physicians at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan quarterly PGIP meeting
February 15, 2018
Jason Bank, new member of Detroit Athletic Club
January 26, 2018
Download Kerr Russell's updated firm brochure and overview of services
January 19, 2018
Questions about dental records following the acquisition of a practice
January 3, 2018
Kerr Russell highlighted in Best Lawyers - Business, Winter 2017 issue
December 18, 2017
Kerr Russell team makes holiday donations to Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Wigs 4 Kids, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Ann Arbor, and Children's Hospital of Michigan
December 7, 2017
William Blasses honored as Up & Coming Lawyer at Michigan Lawyers Weekly 2017 luncheon
November 30, 2017
Merry and bright ... Kerr Russell welcomes the holiday season
November 30, 2017
Kerr Russell, Boulevard Investment lunch and learn
November 27, 2017
Video/audio recording of procedures (health care)
November 17, 2017
Detroit Legal News: Friday Feature: Law firm's space redesign invokes Detroit past, present, and future
November 16, 2017
Culture of Connection - new Kerr Russell ad to appear in Michigan Lawyers Weekly and dbusiness
November 3, 2017
Kerr Russell launches new advertising in upcoming issues of dbusiness and Crain's Detroit
November 3, 2017
Kerr Russell recognizes this year’s dbusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit honorees
November 2, 2017
Kerr Russell redesign featured in Michigan Lawyers Weekly
November 1, 2017
Kerr Russell ranked in the 2018 U.S. News - Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list nationally in 1 practice area and regionally in 17 practice areas
October 24, 2017
Detroit is in Kerr Russell's DNA: space redesign invokes Motor City's past, present, and future
October 16, 2017
Kerr Russell supports Detroit Athletic Club (October 2017 DAC News)
September 28, 2017
Consider National Practitioner Data Bank Reporting Prior to Settling Licensing Complaints and Medical Staff Peer Review Actions
September 12, 2017
16 Kerr Russell attorneys recognized as 2017 Super Lawyers
August 21, 2017
17 lawyers from Kerr Russell were recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018
August 10, 2017
A culture of giving
August 1, 2017
Daniel Schulte contributes "Direct Claims for Payment from No-Fault Insurers" to the Michigan State Medical Society's Michigan Medicine magazine
August 1, 2017
Daniel Schulte contributes "Direct Claims for Payment from No-Fault Insurers" to the Michigan State Medical Society's Michigan Medicine magazine
November 7, 2016
Kerr Russell attorneys named 2017 Top Lawyers by dBusiness Magazine
November 1, 2016
Kerr Russell Attorneys Named 2016 Super Lawyers
Representative Matters
Acquisitions and sales of companies and business interests of various sizes
Purchases and sales of real estate and interests in single purpose real estate entities
Negotiating shareholder/member disputes to resolution
Drafting complex business contracts
Representing health care providers in licensing matters before the State of Michigan and other regulators
Structuring business transactions for healthcare provider to insure compliance with Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute and other prohibitions unique to heath care providers