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Regardless of whether you have decades left to save for retirement, are transitioning into retirement, or are already enjoying your retirement years, it's always a good idea to have an end-of-year check in with your retirement plan. As we head into year-end, here are some action items that you should consider.

1.Enhance your tax diversification

There's no way to perfectly plan for future tax rates, but there are several strategies that investors can use to manage their tax liabilities. Tax diversification…

Ongoing business challenges and economic fragility aren’t dampening optimism among South Florida business leaders. While recent market disruptions and ongoing labor constraints have business leaders on high alert, national optimism about company (67%) and industry (58%) performance remain high, according to JPMorgan Chase’s Midyear Business Leaders Outlook survey.

In Miami, where new business formation is up 50% from pre-pandemic levels, there’s a growing need for support from financial…

Communities across the country are struggling to build and preserve affordable housing. Every major metro area has a shortage – and in cities like Austin that have experienced rapid population growth, the situation is worse.

While many feel the strain, Austin senior citizens are among the most affected. Because of ongoing demographic trends, demand for affordable housing is set to soar, potentially making a bad situation even worse.

While the challenge is great, Austin-based DMA Development…

The start, duration and severity of respiratory viral season can be a bit unpredictable every year, but there are things you can do to help prepare and protect yourself and your family.

Understanding this year’s respiratory viral season

The CDC expects the 2023-2024 season to be similar to the 2022-2023 season in terms of the total number of hospitalizations from COVID-19, RSV and flu. As with the previous season, the total number of hospitalizations in 2023-2024 is expected to be higher than…

Heart disease and stroke impact people in very personal life-changing ways. For Justin Gottwald, Esquire, with Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., his connection to heart disease began with his grandfather, a Bethlehem Steel worker, who, like many steelworkers in the 1950s, was a heavy smoker. Gottwald’s grandfather, “Pop,” had his heart attack when he was 47 and as proof of his successful cardiac surgery would often show off his “zipper” or sternotomy scar.

Fast forward to 2015, more than…

Whether it’s on the sidelines, in the athletic training room or at one of our facilities, the team at Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute works with UNC Charlotte student-athletes to offer the kind of care that sets them up for success – on and off the field.

Dr. Anthony Martin, sports medicine physician with Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute, serves as one of the team physicians for all of UNC Charlotte athletics, but he works primarily with 49ers football and basketball players.

“Being…

Chantia Moody shares her emotional journey from battling breast cancer to facing heart failure, all while being a young mother. Dive into the transformative world of LVAD implantations with Dr. Eric Skipper, who explains how this device is giving hope and dramatically improving the quality of life for many. Celebrate with us as Dr. Joseph Mishkin and the dedicated heart failure team at Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute mark the milestone of over 500 successful LVAD implantations.

Learn…

As health care costs continue to soar, employers are seeking novel and effective solutions to reduce spend without impairing employee access to high-quality care. Since the advent of recent transparency legislation, consumers, including employers, now have access to pricing information from hospital systems and insight into payers’ negotiated discounts.

Providing employers with the capacity to compare and contrast negotiated pricing across health systems, networks and regions across the country…

Learn how the integrative and supportive oncology team at Atrium Health Levine Children's uses complementary therapies to help each individual patient not only survive but thrive. As the only program like this in the area, led by one of the only fellowship-trained supportive oncologists in the country, Atrium Health Levine Children’s treats each patient like the unique child that they are.

Learn more about Atrium Health Levine Children's pediatric cancer and blood disorder treatment.

Atrium…

DOH is working with program leaders and other partners to develop recommendations for the issues identified by this assessment.