Lifestyle

Show dealers you’re a savvy consumer and save on a car lease with awareness of marked-up financing charges and the metrics involved — powerful ammunition for a highly effective price-cutting strategy.

After helping patients navigate through illnesses and injuries that lead to disability, disabled physicians often deal with physical or mental illness along with loss of income and self-esteem.

Some physicians will choose an early retirement at a variety of ages, but who are they and why did they choose to leave their profession?

In today’s environment, the need for comprehensive, accurate patient data to monitor and manage chronic conditions is critical for effective population health management.

All investments have a risk-reward scenario and should be carefully evaluated by an investor and with their specific concerns and perceived risk tolerance in mind.

Start out small and diversify.

The cost of medical malpractice coverage can come into play when physicians are making major decisions about practice arrangements.

Art observation training for first-year medical students demonstrated significant improvement in clinical ophthalmology observational skills.

Buffering the risk of living to a very old age.

For far too long, leasing has been discounted as a viable financing alternative, largely because of misinformation.

There are many factors to consider when deciding whether to invest in an independent practice or work as an employed physician.

Medical professionals commit their lives to improving the health and well-being of others and deserve a financially secure retirement.

Having different buckets for each life phase is a good way to assure you don’t run out of money while pursuing your goals.

Instead of long-term care insurance, better solutions include: saving and investing, life insurance and perhaps a trust.

Managing the family finances is important for a family of two high-income (and highly taxed) earners.

Booking travel accommodations online may seem like an effortless process, however, if things go array, the situation is different.

The right mix of growth, safety and safety-plus-growth-potential investments is determined by your risk tolerance.

By keeping some of your money in cash or cash equivalents (such as money market funds), you can reduce risk, stay flexible, and have more money to put into the market after a drop.

Just as you should update your wills and trusts to reflect new circumstances, make sure your financial POA is current, too.

One of the cornerstones of maximum success is to think big to achieve your goals.

Many physicians find that new technology simply adds to their stress.

The myriad of competing opinions, available information and choices, complicates decisions when deciding the best methods to use when selecting investments.

New tax law may call for tweaking strategy but probably not big changes.

Keep a strong focus on customer service, and give your patients a reason to leave 5-star reviews.

It's difficult to predict if and how the outcome of laws governing net neutrality could impact health care, but there are concerns on both sides.

Strategies to use while the law is in flux.

CDs have one main advantage over annuities, but it’s a tiny advantage, all things considered.

How to give: Required minimum distribution versus appreciated stock.

Is your practice website compliant with guidelines set down by the Americans with Disabilities Act? Depending on the website content, it may or may not have to be. But even if you have no legal obligation, don’t you want to be known as a good business partner in your community?

In this fast-paced global economy and complex tax system, professional advice is almost always worth the cost.