David M. Aafedt, J.D.

Shareholder, Practice Group Leader and Board Member
Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

David is a shareholder, practice group leader, and board member at the Minneapolis law firm of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., after having previously served as an Assistant Attorney General with the Minnesota Attorney General’s office.

David serves as legal counsel to hundreds of medical and dental providers, as well as health care businesses, regarding mergers, acquisitions, and transitions, licensing board investigations ane enforcement proceedings, federal and state compliance and regulatory matters, government and private payer billing audits and investigations, including fraud, waste and abuse, anti-kickback and Stark; credentialing, privileging and peer review processes; and state and federal privacy laws, including data breaches. He also routinely works with dental and health care providers and practice groups to conduct internal compliance investigations in an effort to identify potential risks, and ensure that appropriate procedures and training are in place.

David also serves as an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, where he teaches Current Legal Issues for the New Dentist to the fourth year dental students.

David serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota, and serves on the Board and Public Policy Commitee Chair for the Alzheimer's Association of Minnesota and North Dakota.

David was recognized by Best Lawyers in America© as “Lawyer of the Year” for Administrative/Regulatory Law in 2017 and 2019, has also been listed in Best Lawyers for Insurance Law., and has been selected to the Minnesota Super Lawyers list for Administrative and Regulatory Law since 2007. David has also served on the Executive Council of the Health Law and Administrative Law Sections of the MSBA.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• PM-3 - Key Legal Considerations in Practice Transitions

  Thursday, April 28, 2022
  4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST