Lifestyle

Not enough financial discussions are taking place between adult children and their parents leading to major misunderstandings about the older generation's retirement security and estate plans.

Claims-based analysis using powerful algorithms, predictive sampling by aggressive ZPICs, a focus on disguised kickbacks, prepayment reviews that effectively freeze billing, and other anti-fraud measures add up to a challenging regulatory environment for rheumatologists.

You don't need to take huge risks or boast a Mensa-like IQ to succeed at investing. All you need is a sensible, battle-tested investment system and the emotional fortitude to see it through. Just ask Warren Buffett.

A family medicine physician who took a different path since he was a teenager. Ed Levitan, MD, also practices Shiatsu, Japanese bodywork, energy medicine and acupuncture.

Hospitals aren't doing as well as they think when it comes to physician satisfaction and experience with key cultural attributes at work.

Having an unbundled structure for your group retirement plan gives greater transparency and also reduces conflicts of interest. A bundled structure could put your money and your retirement at stake.

No one knows what is going to happen in 2013, but we know what can be done right now with the current laws in place. If we are forced off the fiscal cliff, your decisions in late 2012 might make for a softer landing.

As more and more physicians make the leap from employer to employee, there are certain conflicts of interest that may arise. The AMA has released a new guideline of physician employment principles covering six potentially problematic areas.

At Baylor University you can see the skeletons of 19 Columbian Mammoths that crossed into North America and drowned in a flash flood 68,000 years ago. Plus, there's a 19th century historic village, including doctor's buggy and hearse.

Many changes to a financial strategy occur with the arrival of a child, which can be very costly. Here's a starting point for a financial strategy checklist when you are expecting.

No matter where you live, you have a certain amount of pride for the city you know and love. The number one city in the U.S. held onto the top spot for the second year in a row. Did your city make the top 10?

Many practices are viewing CMS's Recovery Audit Contractors as bounty hunters. These auditors are reviewing claims on a post-payment basis and having a good rationale for a treatment or intervention may not always be enough.

The Obama administration and the Federal Reserve have sunk enough money into the economy to keep the Titanic afloat, which can cause inflation - the ultimate disruption.

Should someone break into a medical practice's system because of a weak password, the practice would be in violation of HIPAA if patient data became exposed. Since most adults already have five or more passwords to remember, they choose weak, easy-to-remember passwords that put the practice at risk.

All the doomsday predictions about a sell-off in the bond market exclude one fact: Hold your bonds to maturity and you don't lose any money.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that keeping Medicare physician payment rates at their current level would increase the national deficit by $10 billion in 2013 alone.

Despite what your tax advisor may tell you, you should never sell an investment for tax reasons alone. Offsetting gains at the end of the year is often a sensible move, but there's the risk of the "January effect."

Seven principles to organize charitable giving - regardless of what the tax code may or may not incentivize - so prospective donors can make a difference while meeting their emotional need to help others.

With roughly seven weeks left in 2012, it might not even be possible for Congress to come together and agree on some compromises to prevent the impending fiscal cliff, according to experts.

Younger, less experienced doctors are costlier for the health care industry, and they might find themselves in trouble as health plans and Medicare now use cost profiles to identify which physicians account for more health care spending.

Wednesday's sell-off - a fall of around 2.5% in the equities markets - following President Obama's successful bid to win a second term on Tuesday may have some investors spooked, but a little perspective is in order.

Post-election people are trying to figure out what will happen going forward and how it will affect them. In this uncertainty, there's a strategy gutsy investors can take advantage of to make some money. Be forewarned - disaster investing is not for the faint hearted.

There has been plenty of talk about the "fiscal cliff," but that, unfortunately, isn't the only "cliff" threatening the U.S. economy. Here are three more that might push our economy back into another recession.

The stock market may have no loyalty to either Republicans or Democrats, performing mostly the same no matter which party is in the White House, but the Dow is tanking the day after President Barack Obama was re-elected. However, the poor performance has more to do with timing than Obama.

You have to be the boss when it comes to your portfolio and that means being willing to sell stocks that aren't adding to your bottom line. How can you know whether or not it's a good time to let go of a stock?

Now that President Obama has been re-elected he has to face the upcoming fiscal cliff, which could possibly push the country into another recession. Here are tax changes to watch as the year comes to an end, as well as what the president plans to do.

After enduring months of campaigns and political rhetoric, Americans voted on Tuesday to re-elect Barack Obama as president of the United States, guaranteeing that Obamacare would live on.

Americans are facing a major decline in financial difficulties and an increase in consumer sentiment, according to an index. Financial troubles are at the lowest they've been in years.