Physician Family Financial Advisors Blog

Somewhere in the benefits packet you signed when you took your attending job, there was a line about long-term disability (LTD) coverage. The hospital...

You're somewhere between 55 and 65. You've been an attending for a couple of decades, and the question in your head has changed shape. It used to be "...

The recruiter mentions it near the end of the call, almost as an aside. "We also do loan repayment assistance." If you're finishing training with a ba...

You took the hospital job out of training partly because it was simple. Payroll ran itself. The health plan, the malpractice policy, the retirement ma...

You already know what the number is. Two kids in full-time center care, or one infant plus an after-school program, and the monthly childcare bill sit...

The private school tuition bill arrives on a schedule that has nothing to do with your call schedule. If your kids are in private school, you already ...

You've got a login somewhere for the 403(b) from residency. There's a 401(k) at the hospital where you did fellowship. There's probably a third accoun...

You've heard the pitch. It came from the attending in the lounge who talks about "doors," from a conference booth, or from an ad on your drive home. "...

The call doesn't come with a warning. Your mom mentions she's been having trouble with the stairs. A neighbor says your dad doesn't seem to be opening...

Your signing bonus landed. Or maybe it was the quality bonus, or the year-end productivity payout you've watched accrue since spring. You opened the p...

You started at the hospital, sat through forty minutes of benefits onboarding, checked a box next to a contribution percentage, and moved on to creden...

The Question That Shows Up Every March

You and your spouse have filed jointly since the year you got married. Nobody questioned it. Then one of you l...