Finance

Veterinarian Tim Dickerson started with a 10-year plan and a monthly budget to tackle his $120K debt.

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 glimpse into the numbers of two growing rural practices.

Veterinarians with a heart for small-town life find big opportunities with mixed-animal practice.

A recent evaluation by a National Research Council committee sheds light on the National Wild Horses and Burros Program.

Veterinarians with a heart for small-town life find big opportunities with mixed animal practice.

6 practice systems to poke, prod and palpate every week, month and year to make sure your veterinary practice is healthy.

If you're drowning in outstanding receivables, dive deeper into these alternatives with veterinary clients and avoid account overload in the future.

Use this form to give your practice a physical exam.

Dems agree to eliminate tax--which would hit equipment used in veterinary practice--in exchange for six-month funding of federal budget.

Consider adding this option to your clinic's financial tool kit.

Kurt Schrader forfeits pay in light of Congress' failure to pass a budget; Ted Yoho stands with conservatives to defund 'Obamacare.'

The first of three stories of real veterinarians who are all engaged in the battle.

Insistence on the highest medical standards in every case is hurting the veterinary profession.

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?

Make sure your veterinary practice implements a plan for setting and increasing your fees to keep up with the competition.

Veterinary Pet Insurance estimates its current market share at 53 percent.

You know your veterinary patients better than anyone does. Have you thought about what they want in your facility?

Was it premature of veterinary consultant Mark Opperman to ask associations to solve the problems of the veterinary profession? Read the AVMA's response here.

Don't let an emotional reaction damage an important relationship.

When you discount-in the exam room or in your latest promotion-you're not just slashing prices. You're shortchanging your team, your profession and yourself.

Think that new piece of equipment could do wonders for pets at your veterinary practice?but you don't know how to pay for it? Use these tips to bring that cutting-edge medicine into your practice today.

Think you can't afford a therapeutic laser, digital radiography or that new imaging equipment at your veterinary practice? Think again! Get an inside look on how to finance a brand-new service.

Are you a penniless new veterinary grad? These two strategies can make a huge impact on your bank account and debt load.

Veterinarians regularly undercharge clients for dental procedures. Learn how to communicate with clients better to make your dentistry profitable.

What has the ability to squash your business in a single blow? An essential number: the average family income of clients within a one-mile radius of your veterinary clinic.

But the total number of new veterinary graduates could jump 18 percent by 2017.

Q. I've heard that a practice owner shouldn't pay an associate more than 25 percent on production. But I work in a practice where three veterinarians share one technician. What would be a salary for circumstances like these?