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Schaumburg, Ill. - The American Veterinary Medical Association Group Health and Life Insurance Trust is worried about its fate as the January 2014 effective date for President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act approaches.

Make sure parasites have no place on your veterinary patients.

Your veterinary clients want it-but is it worth it? Comb through the pros and cons before you provide boarding and grooming services.

Watch for schism in the clinic.

You can't rush art-or the building of your veterinary hospital.

Designing veterinary facilities has taken me around the world-literally.

Work toward practice harmony right now.

Work with the Web.

A new study says the average veterinary hospital is up in sales compared with 2010. Find out how to prepare your practice for a more positive future.

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Measure the health of your veterinary practice by reviewing these 15 metrics monthly.

Download this breed sheet and customize your veterinary clients' experience.

Sure, it's fun to dream about a beautiful new facility, but a few small and inexpensive steps could win you far more points that you might think with potential veterinary clients.

Find out when we'll feature these 10 winning veterinary hospitals in the Veterinary Economics magazine.

The right veterinary diet can be key to helping manage hyperthyroidism. Consider this advice about how to offer nutritional support for cats with hyperthyroidism.

Don't get a 'bad hire.'

Customize and personalize your clients' experience by focusing on their pets' breed.

They're popping up everywhere, they mean well, and they can't give clients what you do.

Dr. Ross Clark has built a legacy on open-book management.

In putting this issue together, the Veterinary Economics content team had a couple of opportunities to delve into the archives to check facts: one to verify the title of an article by Dr. Ross Clark in the early 1980s, and another to check the year that our 2012 Hospital of the Year last won a Hospital Design award.

Tired of your veterinary clients' excuses when it comes to vaccinations? Take the frustration out of these conversations.

Fort Worth, Texas - The Texas Supreme Court may listen to arguments in a high-profile legal case that would allow emotional damages after a mistaken euthanasia of a lost pet by a shelter worker.

Whether you're a business owner or associate, don't get sewn up in an ill-fitting restrictive covenant.

Do you have foreign bank accounts or investments? Listen up: The government isn't messing around with its reporting rules.

I love to watch TV, but I'm starting to get tired of the distractions.

Learn what to do when a veterinary client finds a lost pet and doesn't want to return him to his owners.

Our taste buds have been hijacked by super-sugary sweets. It's time to reclaim our palate with natural, real flavors. Before long you'll take a nibble of New York cheesecake and spit it out.

Clients need to consider financial options-including pet insurance-to safeguard their pets' health.

Roses are red, violets are blue, protect patients from flowers-your veterinary clients will thank you!