---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-012214"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LFMD"
cik: "0000948320"
company_name: "LifeMD, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T11:02:44.329609+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LifeMD dismisses CBIZ CPAs, appoints PwC; cites material weaknesses in internal controls

## Summary
- On Aug 15, 2025, LifeMD dismissed CBIZ CPAs (appointed Apr 24, 2025) as auditor; no disagreements.
- Reportable events: material weaknesses in ITGCs (user access, change management, SOC reports) and business process controls (IPE, review).
- On Aug 18, 2025, Audit Committee appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for FY2025.
- No prior consultations with PwC on accounting principles or audit opinion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-012214
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LFMD
- cik: 0000948320
- company_name: LifeMD, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948320/000149315225012214/0001493152-25-012214-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948320/000149315225012214/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-25-012214.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  LifeMD, Inc. dismissed CBIZ CPAs P.C. as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: CBIZ CPAs P.C.
  source text: Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On August 15, 2025, LifeMD, Inc. (the “Company”), with the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, dismissed CBIZ CPAs P.C. (“CBIZ CPAs”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948320/000149315225012214/0001493152-25-012214-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  LifeMD, Inc. engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  source text: On August 18, 2025, the Company, with the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948320/000149315225012214/0001493152-25-012214-index.htm

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