Writing about the IRS two weeks in a row is a bit unusual for me 🙂 Alas, I read IRS Notice CP321J and felt it was important to pass it along to you. The IRS is letting you know you may qualify for the new Saver’s Match starting in 2027. No response is needed from
The IRS has officially replaced its long-running IRS2Go mobile application with a new IRS app that gives individual taxpayers considerably more access to their federal tax information from a phone or tablet. The Free Financial Advisor wrote an article about this change that I want to share with you today. According to the Internal Revenue
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Implementing strong security practices can help protect you. The theme this month is “Don’t Make it Easy For Them”. Cybersecurity News launched a campaign to help us build safer habits. I’m sharing their tips here today. Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 arrives as online attacks become easier to launch, harder to
Last week we covered MyChart and the hackers exploiting people. This week, I explored the use of AI in the Doctor’s office across the US and what, if any, restrictions they may have to follow. AI is showing up in exam rooms, from tools that listen and write visit notes to chatbots that answer patient
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Heads up! A warning has been issued to all My Chart users. MyChart lets you see your medications, test results, upcoming appointments, medical bills, price estimates, and more all in one place, even if you’ve been seen at multiple healthcare organizations. HealthJournalism.org wrote about this new scam. Millions of Americans now use the MyChart patient
September is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness and challenge the stigma surrounding Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. Alzheimer’s is a brain disease that causes problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease, where dementia symptoms gradually worsen over a number of years. In its early stages, memory
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Each September, National Preparedness Month encourages Americans to be ready for disasters or emergencies at home, work, and in their communities. I’ve written extensively about this over the years. Let’s look at practical preparedness through the lens of 2026 to get you thinking. In 2026, the most common disasters in different regions of the U.S.
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I’m all for streamlining life and making the whole password process easier! For some reason, I’ve been slow to adopt Passkeys. I’ve written about Passkeys for the past couple of years. The thing I couldn’t get was how Passkeys could “go with you” across devices and when you change devices. I read articles recently that
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Incapacity is a topic near and dear to my heart. When dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, the term incapacity took on new meaning for me. I realized it wasn’t something I could always “see” physically. And now I understood that incapacity had both medical and legal meaning. Incapacity medically refers to a person’s inability to
Biometric authentication – let me explain. A dear friend called me over the weekend. She relayed a story about a grieving widow who wasn’t able to access her late husband’s accounts due to his use of biometric authentication. She went on to explain that a computer person took the late husband’s devices to the funeral
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