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A new study of Illinois' Medicaid programs suggests healthcare improvements and cost savings can be achieved simultaneously.

The cost of becoming a capable doctor (one who does both well and good) can come at a great price. Lay folk think it's just all rich doctors out there. But those physicians who stick around can dig a real big financial hole for themselves.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday published a cache of physician payment data covering the last 5 months of 2013. The data set is vast, but an early look at the site shows it has strengths and weaknesses.

A new survey shows medical practices are spending more on operating costs. The rise is tied to increasing regulatory requirements.

Individuals may view the concept of debt differently. The ability to eliminate debt may prove to be daunting due to the lack of understanding the true and final costs of borrowing and not setting goals on how best to approach the task of its elimination.

Pension money is not necessarily smart. Far from it. But the flows of money controlled by retirement funds are so huge that it behoves everyone else to take notice. And that implies that, for the foreseeable future, all investors should be paying attention to asset classes like real estate and infrastructure.

Ready or not, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is releasing its Open Payments database of physicians' financial interactions with pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

A new survey out of California suggests patients are willing to accept restrictions to Medicare, though they also want the program to expand coverage in a handful of areas.

Eric and Nancy Anderson travel to a place few tourists -- and few Portuguese -- have ever heard of.

As healthcare reform unfolds, one of the biggest issues facing public health officials is patient access to medical care. While the looming shortage of primary care physicians gets the primary focus, access to hospitals is also an issue in some regions.

Greg Kelly scours the web to find the must-read stories for physicians.

Oprah Winfrey. Bill Cosby. Muhammad Ali. Sidney Poitier. Alvin Crawford, MD. If that last name seems out of place with the others, guess again.

A new study suggests family physicians aren't seeing children at the same rates they used to.

The Government Accountability Office is asking for more healthcare reform-related transparency from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The money, funded in part by the Affordable Care Act, was awarded Sept. 25 to 193 programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

We can search for stocks based on a variety of cash flow variables. But before choosing stocks based on these metrics, let's see how they actually perform as predictors of future success.

Only 37% of renters have renters insurance, according to a recent Insurance Information Institute poll. They're taking a big financial risk.

Shirley Mueller, MD, continues her Baltic travels with a trip to Latvia's capital, Riga. There, she finds a city where everything feels just a bit out of whack.

With the market going up, there will be an increasingly larger number of people buying call options on those stocks they expect to go up even further. However, there will also be an increasingly larger number of people losing money on those very same call options designed to make money as the market rises.

The Obama Administration says the expansion of Medicaid will help hospitals save about $5.7 billion in uncompensated care costs in 2014.

The American College of Physicians says the expiration of the Medicaid Pay Parity Program could have a significant effect on patients' ability to access primary care.

A recent trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has demonstrated the efficacy of self-titration of blood pressure medications by patients with hypertension.

Consumers using the government's health insurance marketplace this fall will have much more choice than they did last year, according to a new study from the Department of Health and Human Services.

When it comes to retirement advice, most doctors behave like patients. They go to the experts (financial advisors), follow their advice (invest in mutual funds and the stock market), and then stew quietly when their retirement plans don't grow as expected.

When searching for an advisor, there are several things you can do to maximize the chances of getting lined up with a competent, fairly-priced advisor right from the beginning.

During my father's time as a practicing physician there was no question in his mind (or mine) that his was the most "prestigious" profession. That distinction, in decline for many years, is back in good order, according to a September 2014 Harris Poll.

The need for more doctors continues to be one of the most pressing needs in the US healthcare system. However, some types of specialists are more in-demand than others.

Eric and Nancy Anderson continue their Iberian journey, traveling from Portugal to the northern Spanish city of Salamanca.

Americans' view of the US healthcare system continues to fall, according to a survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

The challenge to medical practices is clear. Recruiting and retaining physicians during a current and looming shortage of healthcare professionals can be a daunting task.