Finance

If you're a member of Generation X ”in the range of 35 to 51 years old” and aren't saving enough for retirement, start now.

You want a cut-and-dried answer. Three architects show there isnt always a cut-and-dried answer. But the more you know about that sometimes arbitrary number, the smarter youll be in planning, negotiating and building your best new veterinary hospital.

Large corporations buying veterinary practices get a bad rap. If you dont want to join them, at least take a look at their management style to help your practice run more efficiently.

This interactive map collects the most current information from the AVMA on laws governing nonveterinarians owning or partly owning veterinary practices as relatively traditional corporations. Remember that laws are always changing, some attorneys have new ways to allow nonveterinary ownership, and your success will be based on the appropriate practice agreement you craft with your own lawyer. Now dive in!

The bad news? Veterinary debt-to-income levels are on a fast track to disaster. The good news? Our professionwide DIR might improve with these strategies.

Veterinary dentist Dr. Heidi Lobprise cites legal precedent for making the switch to this dental essential.

Face it: Some areas of your practice are, well, kinda gross. Let this cleanliness-focused veterinary architect show you better ways to be germ-free.

What should you charge for veterinary therapy laser treatments? How will you market to pet owners? And, PSSST, whats the deal with acupuncture? Company men from two therapy laser manufacturers have answers, and weve got resources.

Building and running a practice is all about efficiency these days, veterinary architect Dan Chapel explains.

What would you do if pet owners could buy the majority of their pet medications at their local human drug store? New data shows 6 strategies your veterinary colleagues think they'd use to respond.

No, we mean that in a good way! Your first little inkling, a fleeting thought, a dream of future wishes that you want to own a practice? Read this.

Veterinarians and pharmacists both responded to a recent study about their views on human pharmacies filling pet prescriptions. Take a look at this dataand get a peek at the future.

An in-depth look at your key concerns from dvm360s triennial survey.

High dollar doorstop or crucial tool?

Digging into new data from the Nationwide Purdue Veterinary Price Index, a Purdue associate dean says "it's dangerous to build a practice on wellness services," not medical services.

Industry leaders will convene in April to explore student debt issues and solutions.

Veterinarians retain stake but focus exclusively on patient care.

Fewer than a third of veterinary professionals aspire to own a practice.

Veterinary architects Wayne Usiak and Heather Lewis discuss the appeal of smaller practices in today's market.

More than half of Well-Managed Practice owners offered a different type of benefit in lieu of raises.

We see it in your eyes: You want that new instrument, analyzer, device or software right now for your practice. So ... do you need to talk yourself down from a big purchase or talk it up to the Powers-That-Be? Gary Glassman, CPA, has some advice.

The future is calling! Will you answers? Decide after diving into insights from years Veterinary Economics Hospital Design Competition judging.

How veterinary teams pull together when a practice owner passes away or becomes incapacitated.

You dont have to divulge every nickel and dime to be open. Start by sharing one area you want to see grow and invite your team to problem solve with you.

In holistic veterinary medicine the atmosphere is a key component in treatment, as one practitioner explains.

The 2015 results from this triennial dvm360 survey shows that veterinarians are holding steady in recovery.

Clients don't always have money, but you can still earn in ways other than just that warm feeling of a good deed done.

Study also examined how practices monitor finances and manage business.

Your veterinary team knows all about the health of your patients, but what about the health of your veterinary practice? In this Team Meeting in a Box, you'll look at the condition of your financials and your operations and then treat them with new ideas and strategies. Remember, the more successful your practice is, the better it will be for your team, clients and patients.

You might not examine your veterinary patients in low light, but there other places in the clinic where you can try this trick out.