April 18th 2025
Physicians plan for patients’ futures. It’s time to plan for their own with digital estate debt tools.
April 17th 2025
Health care leaders must strategically approach the financial and operational changes that come with Medicare Advantage and Medicaid Managed Care requirements or risk disruptions to revenue cycle management and ultimately, revenue leakage.
April 16th 2025
Physician-owned Wilmington Health identifies high-risk patients to deliver care at right time.
April 15th 2025
Physicians say they still feeling effects of massive computer breach at insurance giant.
April 14th 2025
An economic comeback, conservative pricing, private equity: What does this mean for potential sellers of health care businesses?
Changes to refinancing rules
Understand more about why refinancing rules have changed.
EHR before retirement?
Understand whether it is wise to institute an electronic health records system just prior to retirement.
IRAs can be inherited
Know whether your family can inherit your IRA account.
Contributions to 529 accounts
Discover whether there is a way that spouses combined can contribute more than $13,000 annually to children's 529 accounts.
Non-deductible IRA contributions
401(k) plan?
Consider tax implications when downsizing
Retirement benefit options I can
Pros and cons of investing in gold
Determine whether gold is a safe investment.
Financial reform bill will affect doctors
The financial services reform legislation passed in July contains numerous provisions, two of which will be of interest to physicians. One concerns banking and lending; the other involves investing.
Methods of incorporating
Offer my employees instead of a
Social security tax payments not optional
Understand how Social Security tax payments work.
Look to accountant for defense against tax audit
How to defend against tax audit.
Find out if 401(k) interest is deductible
Learn about 401(k) interest before proceeding with plans to withdraw money.
Review investments mix as tax laws change
Monitor how tax laws change as you review your investments.
Fully fund buy-sell agreements
Learn the detals of a buy-sell agreement.
How to avoid 401(k) investing pitfalls
Why do some 401(k) portfolios perform better than others?
Compare health policies when divorcing
How to know whose health plan to use for your children in case of divorce.
Paying taxes as locum
Know how to pay your taxes as locum.
Consider finance options when buying a car
Determine whether to pay cash or not for a new car.
Designate retirement account beneficiaries
Be sure to update retirement account data for beneficiaries' sake.
IRA conversions are reversible
Learn how to reverse and IRA/Roth IRA conversion and its tax implications if markets drop.
Protect yourself against interest rate hikes
With money market and short-term U.S. government yields not very different from hiding your dollars under a mattress, huge amounts of investment dollars have gone into bond funds.
Sorting out competing financial advice
Prioritize and coordinate recommendations from financial advisors.
Establishing a simplified employee pension account
A simplified employee pension is a form of an IRA.
Understand tax impact of healthcare reform
Identify the major tax changes stemming from the healthcare reform legislation.
Q&A: Consider tactical investing strategy
Tactical investment strategy is defined.
Q&A: Advantages of incorporating
Know the advantages of being incorporated.
Q&A: Student loans sold to Department of Education
Understand how a loan sold to the DOE affects the status and servicing of the loan.
Meeting debt crisis requires sacrifice
The financial crisis of 2008-2009, along with more recent concern over the large debts run up by Greece and some other members of the European Union, has made debt a frequent topic of meetings with clients.
Q&A: Taxable vs. tax-free mutual funds
Tax-free mutual funds own municipal bonds. Tax-free funds generally provide lower pre-tax returns than taxable counterparts.
Q&A: Selling practice to fund retirement
Physicians often count on the eventual sale of their practice to fund their retirement.