This is a guest column from Carole C. Foos, CPA and David B. Mandell, JD, MBA.

While captive insurance companies have been part of the planning landscape for decades, physicians seem to be asking more about them here in 2011 than ever before.  Perhaps this is because of the financial, tax and legal efficiencies captives create and the fact that doctors today need to be more financially savvy than ever to continue to do well.  If your practice currently generates over $3,000,000 of revenues and you would like to take advantage of opportunities to improve the financial success you realize from your hard work without having to see any more patients, then this article may prove to be very valuable information for you.