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Too often financial statements are over looked in managing a medical practice - a big mistake since financial statements should be used not only to file taxes, but also as a guide to uncover issues like lost revenue and extra costs.

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The easiest way to make money in the market is to find a stock the big investors are about to load up on and buy it first. Nobody has deeper pockets than Uncle Sam.

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With the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average at all-time highs, the market's sleepy crawl upwards can lure investors into making bad moves.

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Marriages that involve one or more physicians are 10% to 20% more likely to end in divorce than the national average for the general public. No one wants to plan for divorce, but here's what you should do if you think it's a possibility.

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Right now the U.S. markets are strong, but many investors are concerned about possible volatility as a result of the global economy. As such, it is crucial that well-informed investors, including physicians, adjust their investment behavior accordingly.

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The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of primary care has been held up as a model for renovating out nation's problematic primary care system due to its focus on reducing costs and improving patient outcomes by using team-based care that is accessible, comprehensive, continuous, and coupled with payment reform.

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Market timing isn't the best option. Have a long-term plan and determine if you’re overinvested or underinvested in U.S. stocks, foreign stocks, and bonds.

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Most physicians only utilize traditional qualified plans, which are restrictive and burdensome, while completely ignoring the more flexible fringe benefit plans.

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With such low oil and gas prices, the conventional wisdom is you have to buy energy stocks now... while they're cheap. But this analysis is far too facile.

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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.

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Don't make a decision on whether or not you should dispense pharmaceuticals to your patients based on information from sales or marketing personnel, one expert warns. Instead, consult your lawyer.

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Two new projects from IBM Research will put artificial intelligence to work in teaching medical students and making sense of electronic medical records.

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Many employers, including physician practices, have been reluctant to measure the impact that the Affordable Care Act may have on their businesses. Although 2013 just began, now is the time to plan to avoid penalties in 2014.

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One of the significant downsides of being an employee of a large institution is that you have virtually no control of the tax-saving retirement plans, benefit plans, fringe benefit plans or other write-offs.

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If the present is bad - and the future even worse - why take the risk? Because things aren't that bad. We live in a golden age... yet most people don't realize it.

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Unprecedented snowstorms are predicted to sweep across the East Coast. With this severe weather underway property-owners should take immediate action to protect themselves and their property.

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We live in a time of unprecedented access to data-not only real-time, but also historical. From an investor's standpoint, it opens the door to immense possibilities.

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There are plenty of reasons for people to assume the bull market is over, but these speculations ignored the soundness of the US economy and earning growth. Here are three pro-active strategies to benefit from the market correction.

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First-time home buyer hurrying to close a real estate deal to get in on the home-buyer credit? Ease up on the ol' accelerator - the Senate recently passed a seven-month extension of the credit.

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By implementing some simple internal controls, such as ensuring that no one person on your staff is responsible for opening the mail, you can protect your medical practice from theft.

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There are a wide variety of retirement plan possibilities available to physicians, but many are not utilizing strategies that allow them to maximize their savings. Here are the best ways to maximize these wealth building/asset protection tools.

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Growing data breaches make cyber insurance as indispensable as fire insurance for physicians.

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Health care reform stimulated increased improvement in health systems, but a concerning number surfaced about mortality rates after patients leave the hospital.

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Plans lacking substantial coverage of hospital and physician services do not qualify as "minimum value" coverage under the law and so do not shield employers from fines of $3,000 or more per worker, the Department of Health and Human Services said late Friday.

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If someone were to tell you there are thousands of dollars hidden somewhere in your building, would you look for it? Medical practices are prime candidates for a cost segregation study, which can save thousands in taxes.

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You’ve worked hard, usually on little sleep, and now you’ve received your first employment offer outside of training. Now what?

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The enormous growth of medical devices that use wireless telecommunications technology - and the corresponding need to accelerate testing of those products - have prompted regulators to take action.

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Tech stocks are worth a lot of money, but some people are worried that it might just be the result of a bubble. Truth is, tech might be the best place to put your money right now.

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As a locum tenens physician, it's easy to lose track of documentation, schedules, and more as you travel from practice to practice filling in when that physician is absent, or when they are short-staffed. Here are some easy hacks to staying on track.