June 30th 2025
A discussion with Plante Moran’s Tammy Schaeffer about why value-based care hasn’t been adopted more quickly
June 27th 2025
How finding the root cause of allergy symptoms can ease burdens on patients, clinicians and the health care system at large.
June 25th 2025
Compare the potential strategic options for transactions with hospitals, private equity platforms and other health care companies
Innovative payment models — like pay-first and direct primary care — enhance financial stability and patient engagement for independent practices.
June 23rd 2025
Pledge to streamline the process comes amid growing public and government pressure, but the previous industry promises in 2018 accomplished little.
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.
Q&A: Accessing trust proceeds for estate taxes
Life insurance proceeds paid to an irrevocable life insurance trust may escape estate taxation if the trust owns the policy and you have not retained any incidents of ownership, such as the right to change the beneficiary.
Q&A: Understanding when you are owed FICA refunds
For more than a decade, most teaching hospitals in the United States and some individual taxpayers, including medical residents, have had refund claims pending with the IRS.
Q&A: Life insurance options
Term and whole life are the two basic categories of life insurance, but there are several subcategories within each.
Q&A: Estate tax to return
The estate tax will come back into effect on January 1, 2011.
Q&A: Deadline for depositing 401(K) monies
Discover whether there's a rule requiring a 401(K) deposit by a certain date.
Are immediate annuities right for your retirement?
The proposed use of immediate annuities seems to be gaining popularity as a cure for battered retirement funds.
Q&A: Medicare tax will increase in 2013
Starting in 2013, the Medicare tax will increase from 2.9% to 3.8% for couples earning more than $250,000.
Q&A: Protecting IRAs from creditors
Learn about exemption for regular and Roth IRAs.
Q&A: Social Security tax exemption
Understand more about the exemption from Social Security tax and how it interacts with the Medicare tax.