Finance
Dreaming up the perfect app for your veterinary practice
Check out the 9 things your hospital's mobile app should do.
Pets aren't getting the dental care they need at your veterinary hospital?
Make every month Dental Health Month at your veterinary practice to get clients in the door for crucial preventive screening.
New Year's veterinary practice checklist: 7 things to do right now
Take care of these critical items in January 2014 to reap the rewards all year in practice success, team morale and better medicine at your veterinary hospital.
Do Yellow Pages still work for veterinary practices?
Q: Only nine of our clients indicated they found us through the phone book last year. I'd like to drop our Yellow Pages subscription altogether, but if each client is worth about $500, I wonder if it still has some value.
AVMA watches new year's resolutions
The organization?s legislative agenda lists bills that may affect its members in a variety of ways.
Tax changes veterinarians should watch for in 2014
Find out how these new laws will affect you and your practice in the new year.
Survey your veterinary clients to measure success
Wonder what your clients really think of the care and service you provide? A survey gives you the answers you need to do well-and improve.
Smart design tips for boarding, grooming
Tips to spruce up ancillary service areas on a budget.
AAHA, Colo. State launch revamped Veterinary Management Institute
Move to CSU comes after longtime partner Purdue decides not to renew VMI contract.
3 bad spending habits of veterinary practice owners and managers
Take charge of these spending problems so you'll have something to celebrate on your 2014 financials.
Use a checkup to measure your veterinary practice's health
How healthy is your veterinary hospital? You can find out by checking your practice's financial wellness.
Form: Understanding your veterinary practice's financial health
It's important to understand the concepts that contribute to financial wellness. Use this quick guide to put your practice on the right path.
Stories from the front lines of the war on veterinary debt: Part 2
Veterinarian Tim Dickerson started with a 10-year plan and a monthly budget to tackle his $120K debt.
How veterinary practices rise up after the recession
The economy's looking up-and so should you. It's time to get out of the red and into rebuilding your practice with these tips.
A good mix
A glimpse into the numbers of two growing rural practices.
SLIDESHOW: Success in mixed animal practice
Veterinarians with a heart for small-town life find big opportunities with mixed-animal practice.
QUIZ: How much do you know about the American West's wild horse population?
A recent evaluation by a National Research Council committee sheds light on the National Wild Horses and Burros Program.
Finding success in mixed animal practice
Veterinarians with a heart for small-town life find big opportunities with mixed animal practice.
Give your veterinary practice a physical exam
6 practice systems to poke, prod and palpate every week, month and year to make sure your veterinary practice is healthy.
Veterinary clients can't pay up front?
If you're drowning in outstanding receivables, dive deeper into these alternatives with veterinary clients and avoid account overload in the future.
Clinic physical exam checklist
Use this form to give your practice a physical exam.
Measure success with a customizable 2013 revenue chart for your veterinary practice
If your practice isn't operating at peak revenue performance, it might be time to identify new opportunities for growth.
Medical device tax axed in latest budget proposal from bipartisan legislators
Dems agree to eliminate tax--which would hit equipment used in veterinary practice--in exchange for six-month funding of federal budget.
Veterinary wellness plans can supplement practice income
Consider adding this option to your clinic's financial tool kit.
U.S. House veterinary caucus members take opposing stances over government shutdown
Kurt Schrader forfeits pay in light of Congress' failure to pass a budget; Ted Yoho stands with conservatives to defund 'Obamacare.'
Stories from the front lines of the war on veterinary debt
The first of three stories of real veterinarians who are all engaged in the battle.
Veterinarians should provide more cost-effective pet healthcare
Insistence on the highest medical standards in every case is hurting the veterinary profession.
Post-recession: Is it time for veterinary practices to match 401(k) contributions again?
Q. We stopped matching 401(k) contributions when the recession rolled in, but employees are asking when we're going to start up again. What are the pluses to matching contributions?
Setting veterinary practice fees
Make sure your veterinary practice implements a plan for setting and increasing your fees to keep up with the competition.
Veterinary Pet Insurance surpasses 500,000 policies
Veterinary Pet Insurance estimates its current market share at 53 percent.