Finance

Life happens, and its rife with accidents (which cost money). How can we help clients cover the costs of veterinary care so they can take care of their pets while we still cover our bottom line?

It keeps you awake at night. It overshadows every life decision. It may even make you question your career choice. But you can be free of the soul-sucking burden of your veterinary student debtas long as you have the right information and the right plan.

As more practices are acquired by larger companies, are veterinary consolidators undertaking "legal" restraint of trade? Let's roll the dice and find out.

This associate started the week by finishing up a veterinary continuing education conference and then digging into a more normal work week, with a bonus of spending a little time with her extended family.

Take a look at the numbers, and you see the student debt crisis is bigger than veterinary medicine. But the debt-to-income ratio makes our professions student loans particularly tough.

If your financial planning as a veterinary professional is still putting cash into envelopes at the start of the monthor the online or Excel version of thatyou should know theres a better way.

Read the real reactions your colleagues in the veterinary world feel regarding their student debt.

This week, this vet muses about the steep cost of therapeutic diets for her four catsand thats with the professional discount.

Goals in veterinary practice management are great, but they dont mean much if we dont execute a plan to achieve them.

This veterinary surgeon has seen it all ... installed in the wrong places. Here are a few things to think about in your surgical suite when you build a new hospital or knock the walls around in your current one.

Ask around and do some research, says Dr. Karen Felsted to one brand-new relief veterinarian on the scene.

When it seems like a pet has a dermatology issue, what happens next? Is it right off to the veterinary hospital, or do pet owners skip the DVM and head for Dr. Google? Data from the Pet Owner Paths study illuminates the differences between you and your clients on what happens next.

Veterinary architect shares the features that teams love.

A bitter problem, but a sweet solution! If youre managing hospital inventory costs and you need a solid benchmark to use, consider COGS.

You need to save money, but are you sure your veterinary hospital break room needs to be a dark, cramped closet? Remember: The same people who made your practice so successful in the first place are going to be using that room.

Veterinary clients want the best for their pets, but sometimes their financial situation gets in the way. Here's a short version of my long path I travel with veterinary clients when they complain about price, seem hesitant to comply with recommendations or say, straight up, they're under a financial strain.

OK, theres no spell for veterinary technicians or vet tech students to cast and make student debt disappear. Believe me, Ive tried. However, the tips and tricks Ive found along the way are pretty magical indeed.

Proper preparation and an knowledge of commercial lease negotiotion give new veterinary practice owners peace of mind moving forward with their venture.

You dream of performing surgery in a flawlessly designed, perfectly executed veterinary surgical suite. But the reality is often less-than-perfect.

Give it to me straight, says one reader to our CVPM advice guru: Are veterinary wellness plans worth the time?

Brick used to be all the rage, but this architect says there are many great options now.

When it comes to repaying veterinary school debt, are money-saving apps like Digit worth the download, or will the fine print cost more in the long run?

... they'd be a fairy tale of pet-care happy endings, or a horror movie about not enough, or too much, on the shelves. Here are short answers to five frequently asked inventory questions you can share with everyone on your hospital team that can help explain the importance of inventory management in a pet hospital and get the basics right.

This no-nonsense advice on dog zones with an animal-care-focused engineer provides some suggestions to keep down noise in a new or remodeled veterinary clinic.

Yes, of course, you need to talk fixtures and finishes. But this veterinary architect insists you must consider your biggest asset: the hospital staff.

Patients' perceptions are vastly different from our ownan important consideration when building a hospital.

Between examinations, consultations, and the rest of practice life, it’s important for veterinarians to take some time to learn the smart ways to invest in their financial futures.

Maintaining a monthly budget is one of the keys to financial success for veterinary practice owners.

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Sunlight is good for the patients and the staff. But it's tricky to get it to the entire hospital. Listen to an architect's solutions.