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Business of Healthcare More on Healthcare Business Spotlight Financial Survey: Is your net worth keeping pace? Thanks in large part to the recent housing boom, doctors' median net worth has grown over the past four years—from $700,000 in 2000 to $821,000 in 2004, according to Medical Economics' latest Financial Survey. Not surprisingly, doctors, like many Americans, are feeling more chipper about their financial outlook than they did in 2000—the last time we took an in-depth looks at physicians' personal finances. That year the market was grim, and only 37 percent of survey respondents said their situation seemed to be improving. In this year's survey, 51 percent think things are looking up.   More>> TOPIC AREAS     All Topics Allergy & Immunology Analytical Chemistry Business: Healthcare Cardiology Clinical Pharmacology Clinical Trials Mgmt Cosmetic Surgery Dermatology Diabetes Drug Dev't & Mfg Drug Discovery Endocrinology Family Practice Gastroenterology Geriatrics HIV/AIDS Hospital Pharmacy Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Managed Care Medicare Part D Neurology Nursing Ob/Gyn Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopedics Pay for Performance Pediatrics Pharma Marketing Pharma Sales Pharma Science/Tech Pharmacy Psychiatry Pulmonology Radiology Residents / Students Rheumatology Surgery Urgent Care Medicine Urology Welcome Page     Search Popular Search Terms   Featured Wire Releases What's this? 4-20-06 14:22 ET CME Program Alert: Perspectives in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis for the Community-Based Gastroenterologist 4-18-06 5:54 ET CME Program Alert: Prevention of Acute Radiation Induced Proctosigmoiditis (RIPS) Focus On: Practice Management Own your office? What to consider It's your workspace. Should it be part of your portfolio, too?   More>> Group practice: Does every doctor need a nurse? This can be a vexing issue to physician groups. The variables are many, and the solution depends on your practice style.   More>> It pays to make friends with payers Health-plan employees are people, too. That's good to keep in mind during the next call about a denial.   More>> Making magic in medicine Magicians' techniques for entrancing an audience can work with your patients, too.   More>> Focus On: Health Law / Malpractice Malpractice: Where does your state rank? An analysis of NPDB data on frequency and size of paid claims shows some surprises—and not much correlation with each other or AMA "crisis" designation.   More>> A different kind of tort reform This internist uses evidence-based medicine to help lawyers handle malpractice cases.   More>> Are frivolous suits really a problem? To a certain degree, that depends on your point of view: One person's dishonest claimant is another person's baffled patient in search of an explanation.   More>> Malpractice Consult: Disclose Your Malpractice History Q: One of my colleagues says that informed consent requires me to tell patients how many times I've been sued. Do I really have to disclose that, and the number of judgments or settlements paid on my behalf?   More>> Focus On: Investing & Finance Tax Tips Dividend and interest income Did your investments do well in 2005? If so, congratulations! But now the time has come to pay the piper (read IRS). There are taxes to be paid on those earnings. However, there's good news on that front. You can still reap the benefits of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, which lowered the long-term capital gains rate to 15 percent on investments you've held for more than one year.   More>> Tax Tips Asset sales Did you cash in some investments last year? Understanding the tax implications can be tricky. Here's help.   More>> Exclusive Survey: The earnings freeze—now it's everybody's problem Specialists as well as primary care doctors fell behind inflation last year.   More>> Financial Survey: How young doctors are doing today For the youngest physicians the uphill climb is still a challenge; past 35, things are getting better.   More>> Related Topic Area Feature >> Click here to visit the Medicare Part D topic area   More>> Industry Roundup World's second partial face transplant patient doing well in China   Disclosing doctor incentives could help boost patient trust   EHRs could leave organizations unprotected in court   Future allergy shots show promise   Wire Releases What's this? 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