Practice Finance

When you rely on tips, you quickly learn how to make the customer happy.

You've got to have a will, but it won't cover all your estate planning needs.

Our Financial Survey shows that it's moving ahead briskly, but doctors must step up their efforts to maintain the pace.

If a routine employment physical or workers' comp exam reveals abnormal results, your obligation to the patient goes deeper than you might think.

This doctor claims he lost his job for not referring patients to his group's specialists.

The closing of an inner-city hospital creates problems for doctors as well as patients.

By mistakenly predicting a patient's imminent demise, this doctor nearly ended up in court.

Fine art in the office can make your practice feel friendlier—and might even be a good investment.

I thought I was saying the right things. Then I realized how pointless my timeworn words were.

Understanding what you should own will make you a better investor.

Medical privacy protections, so stringently enforced under HIPAA, are being eroded, critics charge. And the culprit is the government itself.

With billions of dollars at stake in the fen-phen case, a judge raises questions about legal and medical ethics.

You can make a solid profit, but be careful about anti-kickback and self-referral rules.

High unemployment in your locale can put holes in your schedule. Here's how to cope.

We explain some uncommon--and occasionally graphic--investment terms.

Our Continuing Survey lets you take a closer look at the costs of doing business, from automobiles to utilities.

Few Wall Street veterans are as talented and outspoken as this fund manager. Here's how he chooses winning investments.

The practice--known as factoring--can just as easily put you in a financial jam as get you out of one.

Over the long term a stock's value isn't determined by market returns but by the company's operating performance.

Here's the first update on the stock picks our experts made, plus an introduction to the three physicians we've chosen to go head-to-head with the pros.

With the decline of capitation, IPAs are seeking new roles in order to remain relevant. What will their choices mean for you?

A long spell of declining prices could mean financial disaster--unless you're prepared, this noted economist says.

Are you getting your money's worth from your adviser?

Four doctors who quit medicine tell us why they "unretired," and how they feel about being back in practice. Plus, some tips from the experts to help you handle your own transitions.

Four doctors who quit medicine tell us why they "unretired," and how they feel about being back in practice. Plus, some tips from the experts to help you handle your own transitions.