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Art Fries

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Picking a Disability Insurance Policy: How to Choose the Right Coverage for You

Disability insurance is a critical part of any physician’s financial planning, but the process of choosing a policy can be vexing.


Anne Dunne, RN

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Medical Office Efficiencies

Medical practices would be well served evaluating the work flow process of both the front and back office personnel. With the right changes you can improve bottom line collections.


David Mandell, JD, MBA

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Retirement Cash Crunch

Generating income throughout retirement is a significant challenge. Common techniques, including asset liquidating, bonds, dividend-paying stocks and life annuities, all have significant risks associated with them.


Carolyn Drake

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Physical Activity Seems to Protect Those Genetically Prone to Alzheimer's

A physically active lifestyle may prevent the advance of Alzheimer's disease in cognitively normal individuals who have a genetic predisposition to develop the disease, researchers have found.


Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

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State Changes Ease Medicaid Enrollment Process

A new report finds many states are simplifying their Medicaid enrollment processes, making it easier to identify and sign-up qualified applicants.


Kevin Bickerstaff, CPA

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Buy-Sell Agreements: Critical for Any Practice

Buy-sell agreements are the cornerstone in the succession plan of any business; This especially holds true with physician-owned practices.


John Blank

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It Pays to Get Older

Only one S&P 500 sector consistently delivered shareholder returns during the second quarter earnings season: healthcare.


Eric Meermann

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Taking a 401(k) Loan Can Be a Smart Move

Cut out the middleman and pay yourself instead — but look before you leap.


Jon C. Ylinen

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How My Clients (and You) Could Become Independently Wealthy

The vast majority of my clients and people that I know who are independently wealthy have not inherited wealth or won the Powerball… it has been an accumulation of dozens and dozens of small, but tactical and educated decisions over time.


Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH

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5 Benefits to Having a Nonclinical Job as a Doctor

The phrase "nonclinical career" tends to be used interchangeably with "leaving medicine," which is far from accurate.


Dirk van Dijk

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A look at what the tax plan proposals of the president and the presidential hopefuls will do to the taxes of those at the top of the distribution and at the bottom.


Dave Gilreath

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Share buybacks versus dividends: No contest

Buybacks are often illogically equated with dividends—the direct distribution of profits to shareholders in cash on a periodic basis at the discretion of corporate boards.


Evan Welch, CFP

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Managing Financial Behavior

One of the biggest challenges physicians face is adjusting their financial behavior (and often that of their spouses), so that they develop habits of wealth.


Nathan Skelley, MD

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Surgery Simulation App Sets High Standard

Surgical simulation is becoming an increasingly important educational tool and performance metric in the training of orthopedic surgeons. Understanding and visualizing a surgical procedure before executing it in practice is crucial to surgical training success.


Hilary Walke

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Best North American Ski Destinations

Ski season is upon us! Here are the best ski destinations in North America and the best hotels to pass your time.


ReKeithen Miller

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Self-Employed Can Still Cut 2014 Taxes with a Retirement Plan

If you haven't filed your 2014 return, you can get a deduction for retirement plan contributions until October.


Michael S. Kelton, Esq.

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Discount Websites a Bad Deal for Doctors

Discount, coupon and other "deal" websites such as Groupon and Living Social have attracted tremendous interest among health care providers, but they should exercise extreme caution before entering into any agreements.


Jared Levy

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Investor Expectations this Earnings Season

Stocks often trend depending upon the psyche of investors, not always on hard fundamental data. However, there are four times a year when companies report their earnings and the objective overtakes the subjective.


David Leto

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6 Signs Indicating You Are Headed for a Financial Collision

Being aware of the warning signs of trouble may help you avoid it; so here are six indicators that you may be on your way to financial ruin.


Nareen Arulrajah

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9 Tips for a Successful Mobile Text Marketing Campaign for Your Medical Practice

Keeping your patients informed on what your practice offers is crucial. One of the best ways to keep them in the loop is through the most basic way of communication today, texts.


Rebecca Pavese, CPA

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Hurricane Giving: Get The Most Bang For Your Charitable Buck

Look for charities that are efficient, effective and innovative. Use tax-smart strategy and stay clear of crowdfunding scams.


Louis G. Scatigna, CFP

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Financial Illiteracy Is the Reason Most Americans Fail Financially

Millions of people go through life without understanding money and finances. They try to make ends meet, pay their bills, fill their families' needs, buy homes and cars, save and invest even though they have little or no knowledge about what they're doing.


Conor Killmurray

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4 Tips to Help Keep Work at Work

The main cause of stress for many people is their workload, and physicians are no stranger to this. An overburdening workload can not only help to ruin your productivity at work but also negatively impact your home life. In order to work towards a proper balance of the two it's best to try and keep work at work. Here’s 4 tips to do just that.


Charles Massimo

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Investment Risks Worth Taking

One of the most important aspects of a wealth manager's role is understanding what matters most to a client. This discovery process uncovers such vital information as a client's values, familial relationships, retirement goals and also, his or her tolerance for risk. For many individuals this latter aspect of risk relating to investments is tricky.


Anita T. Shaffer

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Revised View Enhances Provenge OS Data

A further analysis of clinical trial data for sipuleucel-T (Provenge) suggests that it may have delivered a greater overall survival benefit than previously described.


Robert Mintz, JD, LLM

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Cook Islands Trusts: Prudent Planning or Tool for Scoundrels?

Cook Islands Trusts are a popular offshore haven for those with high liability risks, like physicians, to shield their wealth. However, complaints are growing that corrupt politicians and lawbreakers also favor these trusts.


Carl Skip Rapp

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Virtual Safe Deposit Boxes Can Assure Orderly Wealth Transfer

Executors' jobs can be made easier through the use of virtual safe deposit boxes. These web-accessible storage "vaults" preserve and protect digitized estate-related documents for a monthly fee, enabling all parties to access them conveniently at the discretion of the holder.


Michael Paulus

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How the Election Will (or Will Not) Impact Your Portfolio

With the election just days away, there are many questions to be answered. One being – will the outcome of the election, or the election itself, will have an influence on stock market performance and their portfolio?


Jason M. O’Dell, CWM, David B. Mandell JD, MBA

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Investment Alternatives to Reduce Portfolio Risk

With the markets continuing to be volatile and the country plagued by a variety of economic woes, it's crucial to adjust your investment behavior.


Owen Dahl, MBA, FACHE, CHBC

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How Doctor-grading Websites Can Impact Your Practice

How would you handle negative comments left anonymously on an online physician-grading website?