2021 Financial Advisor Guide for Physicians

A written financial guide and a candid conversation can help a surviving spouse avoid cash shortfalls and financial chaos during a time of grief.

Medicine has never moved this fast. How much of the next decade has already been decided, and what’s still open?

Why physicians owe tax on their share of practice profit rather than the cash they take out, and how entity type, footnotes and late K-1s can change the final bill.

The Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine at The Chicago School welcomed its first class of 91 students in July, with mental health built into all four years of training. Medical Economics spoke with John Lucas, D.O., and Michele Nealon, Psy.D., about whole-person care, burnout and the stigma physicians face in seeking help.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

CMS' proposed cuts to physician fees focus on the operating room. For the primary care physicians managing recovery after surgery, the real gap is much larger.

Health care was the only one of five sectors to cut spending commitments this spring, falling 2.8% as hospitals faced rising supply costs and physicians awaited the final 2027 Medicare fee schedule, Coupa's Business Spend Index found.

It's shared savings season and the check has arrived. Now how do physicians divide it up fairly?