
Dog visits to the veterinarian increased about 8 percent last year to an average of 2.8 annual visits, while cat visits remained unchanged at an average of 2.1 annually, according to a national survey.
Dog visits to the veterinarian increased about 8 percent last year to an average of 2.8 annual visits, while cat visits remained unchanged at an average of 2.1 annually, according to a national survey.
Small animal practices have another strong month. Meanwhile, specialty practices continue to struggle.
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This practice cut labor costs and improved efficiency by investing in practice software.
Personal financial planning is the process of organizing your financial goals into a workable plan so that you can live with financial security in the style you desire.
Internal controls are a system of checks and balances that help ensure clients pay for the goods and services they receive, and the practice's assets are safeguarded.
Making your practice more profitable isn't about luck.
Practice management involves managing staff (the HR issues), managing client and patient care (the quality and control compliance issues) and managing the practice profit, or more importantly, managing the practice cash flow.
Congratulations! You are part of a very vibrant, healthy and fast growing industry.
Gross income in a veterinary practice can be broadly classified into two categories: active income and passive income.
Increasing practice value is very easy in most practices if there is understanding of how a practice value is determined and how changes in management will affect the bottom line.
You have made the decision to sell. It is probably one of the most significant decisions you will make in your working life.
As we have moved through 2009, veterinary practices continue to feel the effects of the economy.
In establishing your cash flow plan, it will assist you in setting financial goals.
Fraud is defined as an intentional act of deceit for the purpose of gaining an unfair advantage that results in an injury to the rights or interests of another person.
Understanding profitability in a veterinary hospital can be like understanding a Chinese puzzle.
Some of your clients are struggling financially. Here's what you should and shouldn't be doing to help them pay for pet healthcare.
Our expert shows a young veterinarian how to spend smarter and chip away at her debt.
You may be set in your ways, but here's the bottom line: It's time to join your computer-savvy colleagues.
Two experts share their forecasts for the veterinary industry.
These days, some practice owners feel more like peasants than aristocrats. Here's a comparison of how two real-life veterinarians are dealing with the recession.
There's nothing unethical about trying to increase average client transactions.
Team members seem more worried about pet owners than themselves during recession.
The recession's ripple effect caused gray days. But the sun's still peeking through.
As we all wonder when the recession will end, you and your clients say you're feeling the hit.
You know how much your facility cost to build, but what about other practices? Here's an inside look at clinics across the country.
Find out how many practices have practice managers and how much those practices earn.
This veterinarian hired her manager 15 years ago and never looked back.
One of the more stressful times in a veterinarian's employment relationship is contract-signing or contract-renewal time.