compared to small animal veterinary practice. A key factor in improving practices’ profitability and ability to appropriately compensate their veterinar- ians is reducing A/R. When managers get weak in the knees, they should remind themselves that almost no small animal veterinarians allow any sort of billing and in fact think equine practitioners are resistant in this respect. Or they should con- sider their dentist, who is likely excellent at getting a signed estimate for any work they propose for patients and certainly does not let them walk out the door without payment of the estimated after in- surance responsibility. More attention paid to good business practices will ultimately improve the sus- tainability of equine practice.
BUSINESS OF PRACTICE: MANAGING ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Acknowledgments
Declaration of Ethics The Author has adhered to the Principles of Veteri- naryMedical Ethics of theAVMA.
Conflict of Interest
The Author has served as a paid consultant for Synchrony Financial/CareCredit.
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