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A key resource for addressing physician shortages, improving efficiency in primary care and ultimately increasing access to health care for many more patients lies with the nurse practitioner role.

Gregg Feinerman, MD, works with an elite group of Lasik surgeons, is a member of the scientific advisory board for Bausch + Lomb and talked a drug company into donating $100,000 in supplies to teach local physicians in less fortunate countries.

Physicians in group-based practices can expect to see slightly larger pay increases for 2014 than those in hospital-based settings, and primary care physicians will continue to see higher salary increases, as well.

Americans are becoming complacent with their retirement savings. Overall, they are saving the same amount of money as a year earlier and those closest to retirement age are most likely to be saving less.

Throughout the country, there is a core of private practices that is simply too strong and too independent to close up the shops they've worked so hard to build.

Even though Toronto hasn't changed much, the Andersons still found it fun to re-discover Toronto, a slick, idyllic city famously described as "New York run by the Swiss."

Dividend stocks have outperformed almost everything else over the long haul, and probably will continue to do so. It's understandable, then, that they can be such an attractive investment.

Today's college students came of age during the Great Recession, which scared them into actively managing their money and being more involved in their financial futures.

Around the world governments are seeking to address the financial threat they see obesity posing to the wellness of their health care systems and New Zealand represents a new front in the war on obesity.

Health coaching is becoming more popular because of the realization that physicians can't do all the things expected of them - they don't have the time, and it doesn't make sense from a financial point of view.

A collective sense exists among providers and practice managers that negotiating with insurance companies is frustrating, mystifying and, often, unproductive.

The Affordable Care Act was sold to the public as an effective means of providing affordable health insurance to millions of Americans who currently do not have coverage, particularly the poorest members of our society. It turns out that the law will push more Americans into part-time jobs that are ineligible for employer-provided insurance, forcing them to choose between purchasing expensive coverage through an insurance exchange or forgoing insurance altogether and paying a fine.

While concerns that limiting residents' hours would increase mortality have proven to be unfounded, first-year residents are spending a minority of their day on actual direct patient care.

Investors can be split over the worthiness of investing in gold, but there are three forces to keep an eye on that could light a fire under the price of gold over time.

It's back to business for Jeff Brown, MD, who is looking to learn, and earn, something. Do you know how important it is to watch the fees on your 401(k)? Or how physicians who operate a cash-only business do?

These aren't just the richest towns, these are the places with high incomes, expensive homes and few residents. California, New York and New Jersey pretty much have the top 10 locked completely up.

A surprisingly high number of health care jobs stay unfilled for at least six weeks, resulting in overworked staff, increased turnover and even mistakes in patient care.

People are often afraid of low rates of return or bad investments, but we face a mostly automatic loss every year with inflation and novice investors commonly lose track of inflation in their retirement analysis.

Rome is a big city with a lot of attractions and history, so it's not uncommon for visitors to stay at two hotels during their holiday: one near the Coliseum and the other by the Spanish Steps.

While it would certainly be great to know how the market is going to move, it might not be completely necessary to make money if you're an options investor.

Physicians continue to have a poor outlook on health care, continuing to view the current health care climate as detrimental to care and with more expecting their financial situations to be worse in one year.

Just because your children graduate college and are adults doesn't mean they've learned how to handle their own finances. Don't assume that they just know what to do when it comes to paying bills for the first time and creating budgets.

Through mobile technology Big Data can make the jump to Massive Data through self-monitoring and the use of mobile technology to collect patient specific data.

Gananoque, Ontario can be an opening into the surrounding countryside if you rent a car for a few days. What's your interest? Antiques, culture, military history?

Every experienced investor who is paying attention knows the upending of bonds is coming. However, there is a smart, low-risk way to play it and earn a decent return.

With the stock market staying strong, investors need to find stocks that are still undervalued if they want to make money without spending a fortune on shares.

For the first time in nearly a decade, there has been an increase in the number of health care provider organizations reporting improved financial performances, according to a new survey.

While Americans see promise in biomedical advances, they are skeptical about treatments to extend life expectancy becoming a reality any time soon. Plus, most say they wouldn't want to live so long.

The new HIPAA Omnibus Rule will hold a lot more people liable for protecting health information and incurring a HIPAA violation under the new rule can be incredibly costly.

Exposure to commodities should be minimized since history has shown that they can be volatile, expensive and bring low returns over the long haul.