June 28, 2016
By Michael S. Berry, ChFC, MDalert.com advisory board.
Michael S. Berry, ChFC, is an advisor to MDalert.com. He helps us serve the financial planning concerns of our physician readers. He is also an independent financial consultant with a proven process. His unique wealth planning process engages a team of experts in a variety of disciplines in order to deliver comprehensive results.
In this brief video interview Mr. Berry discusses one of the most important actions that physicians can take in business: securing optimal contracts for his or her practice.
June 27, 2016
By Michael S. Berry, ChFC, MDalert.com advisory board.
Michael Scott Berry is an advisor to MDalert.com. He helps us serve the financial planning concerns of our physician readers. He is also an independent financial consultant with a proven process. He analyzes a client’s particular fact pattern, educates on planning options, and works with the client to implement the chosen strategies. His concierge wealth planning process uses a team of experts in up to 8 disciplines to deliver comprehensive results.
In this brief video interview he discusses the time value of money.
April 29, 2016
Michael S. Berry, ChFC, MDalert.com advisory board
and John Henry Dreyfuss, MDalert.com staff.
- The most valuable asset for a young physician is his or her ability to earn.
- Among wage earners, 30% will experience a long-term disability (90 days or longer) before they reach age 65. (U.S. Social Security Administration, Fact Sheet February 7, 2013; Council for Disability Awareness, Disability Divide Consumer Disability Awareness Study, 2010.)
- In December of 2010, there were more than 2.5 million disabled workers in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who were receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits (SSA.gov).
- Medical expenses contributed to 62% of all personal bankruptcies filed in the U.S. in 2007, a nearly 50% increase over results from a similar 2001 study (U.S. Social Security Administration, Fact Sheet February 7, 2013; Council for Disability Awareness, Disability Divide Consumer Disability Awareness Study, 2010).