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Fee-setting: A look at margins
DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
When it comes to setting fees for professional services, we prefer a bottom-up approach that first targets the profit margin we're looking for and then uses existing expense projections to set the required gross income we want the practice to generate.
Client taxonomy: Strange new varieties of Soursa income
DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
Readers join me in classifying clients.
A simple way to obtain a bite registration
DVM InFocus
A bite registration can be a valuable part of orthodontic planning for patients with a rostral crossbite.
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AAHA, AAFP announce new feline healthcare guidelines
By: Brendan Howard
The American Association of Feline Practitioners and the American Animal Hospital Association have jointly developed and released the Feline Life Stage Guidelines.
Changes in state laws shut down dog kennels
By: Rachael Whitcomb
Pennsylvania sees 125 of its 300 licensed commercial kennels shut down after new laws go into effect.
AVMA dues increase to generate $3.5 million per year
By: Rachael Whitcomb
Executive board, committees approve $50 fee hike for regular members
Arizona court denies emotional distress appeal
By: Rachael Whitcomb
Arizona court joins ranks with California and Vermont judges in saying "no" to emotional damages cases
'Gene silencing,' immunocontraception in pipeline for nonsurgical sterilization
By: Rachael Whitcomb
Michelson grant awarded to one, many others are in the running for $75 million
BCVMA cites mounting financial troubles as legal battle presses on
By: Rachael Whitcomb
A record-length court battle based on allegations of discrimination cost the British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association millions of dollars to defend, and now members are pledging to raise another $400,000 through a membership fee levy
Details emerge about federal student loan-repayment program
The federal Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program is being phased in throughout 2010, which should help some practicing veterinarians offset a healthy portion of their student loans
Educators, licensing boards gear up for debate about veterinary education
By: Rachael Whitcomb
Educators, licensing boards gear up for debate about veterinary education
Online comic tells the story of today's veterinarian
By: Rachael Whitcomb
"Generation Vet" follows the online animated adventures of Amanda Brown, DVM
UGA seeks definition of medical waste
By: Rachael Whitcomb
State environmental agency mulls possible fine for University of Georgia over medical waste regulations
Business
Dispelling the three greatest lies
By: Gerald Snyder, VMD
We all probably know the colorful humor that starts out with "What are the three greatest lies ever told?" To me they relate to the current misconceptions about the future of our profession.
Fee-setting: A look at margins
By: Marsha L. Heinke DVM, EA, CPA, CVPM
When it comes to setting fees for professional services, we prefer a bottom-up approach that first targets the profit margin we're looking for and then uses existing expense projections to set the required gross income we want the practice to generate.
Take control of your expenses
By: Michael H. Riegger, DVM, Dipl. ABVP
The challenge for veterinarians is to look at the short- and long-term economic landscape and adjust our expenses accordingly
Humor
Client taxonomy: Strange new varieties of Soursa income
By: Michael A. Obenski, VMD
Readers join me in classifying clients.
Is patience still a virtue?
By: Bo Brock, DVM, Dipl. ABVP
When you're stuck in line and think you're suffering serious frustration, just think about your patients.
Opinion/Analysis
Idiot-proof: Is technology making us ... less smart?
By: Michael A. McLaughlin, DVM
I realized that humanity probably really is getting dumber and the reason may be the very technology that promised to improve our lives.
The top 10 reasons for contract disputes
By: Christopher J. Allen, DVM, JD
In the world of veterinary employment agreements, the sun shines mostly on the same old points of contention.
Small Animal
The heart of veterinary medicine
By: Stephanie Skernivitz
A Q&A with veterinary cardiologist: Stephen J. Ettinger, DVM
Therapeutic exercise in veterinary rehabilitation
By: Janet Van Dyke, DVM
Therapeutic exercise can provide a wide range of benefits for veterinary rehabilitation patients.
Equine
Dynamic videoendoscopy
By: Ed Kane, PhD
A new development in the diagnosis of upper airway disease
DVMs ready for World Equestrian Games
By: Tyler Blue, Mary Squillace
For the first time in the spectacle's nearly 30-year history, the games will leave the comfortable confines of Europe and come stateside.
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Poor Carl's Almanac
This month: Anxiety
Humor
Surviving the client herd
By: Michael A. Obenski, VMD
The next chapter in Dr. Michael Obenski's humorous look at client types.
The wrong side of a horse kick
By: Bo Brock, DVM, Dipl. ABVP
An elephant dose — plus one —of sedative wasn't enough to keep this horse from kicking my unlucky colleague
Diagnotes
What does it mean to be humane?
By: Carl A. Osborne, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM
Put yourself in others' shoes, paws, hooves or claws
Trend Watch
What to do when your clients complain online
No matter how effective, careful or sensitive a veterinarian tries to be, somebody is going to complain.
News
Calif. county approves state's first government-run spay/neuter clinic
By: Rachael Whitcomb
County leaders say clinic not meant to compete with local veterinary practices
2010 predictions
By: Rachael Whitcomb, Brendan Howard
Workforce, economy, welfare rank as top issues this year, leaders predict.
High stakes
By: Rachael Whitcomb
Las Vegas gambles on a new spay/neuter law.
Turning the tide: Bringing veterinarians back to the public animal welfare debate
By: Rachael Whitcomb
Animal welfare leaders try to hash out a plan to reclaim their ground in the public arena
AAVMC sets aggressive agenda for veterinary education
By: Rachael Whitcomb
Consortium board is in place to help facilitate strategic planning, offer recommendations
AAEP's president shares his agenda
By: Brendan Howard
Nat White's top goals focus on education, new medical research, ethics, equine welfare and the unwanted horse epidemic
APHIS unveils revised accreditation program process
The National Veterinary Accreditation Program is requiring CE for accreditation
Institute of Medicine commits to One Health study at summit
By: Rachael Whitcomb
The crowning achievement at the One Health Commission's first summit was the decision that the Institute of Medicine will conduct a study to act as a road map for the organization
MSU instructor on paid leave during criminal case
Instructor is on paid leave following charges of criminal sexual misconduct.
Calif. cities line up to enact cat declaw bans
By: Rachael Whitcomb
Seven cities scramble as new state law blocks them from regulation veterinary procedures in 2010
Small Animal
More H1N1 cases in domestic, exotic cats
Cases also appear in turkeys, dogs, ferrets and pigs as swine H1N1 vaccine is developed
Coping with an allergic dog
By: Alice M. Jeromin, DVM, Dipl. ACVD
After years of giving advice all day long to pet owners with allergic dogs, I now have a fresh perspective on the subject—that is after adopting Cindy, an allergic 11-year-old Golden Retriever, a few years ago.
DVMs warm up to technology
By: Rachael Whitcomb
New studies show more texting, social networking among practitioners.
An unusual case of stomatitis
By: Brett Beckman, DVM, FAVD, Dipl. AVDC, Dipl. AAPM
Medical management is possible, but often these cases result in extractions.
In search of the new normal
By: David M. Lane, DVM, MS
Will the value of our homes and business real estate return to pre-2008 levels? Is it time to sell or buy? Will we ever get back to normal?
When less is more: the theory of metronomic chemotherapy
By: Kim L. Cronin, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM
As the focus of cancer treatments shifts away from conventional chemotherapy to more targeted therapies, a new strategy for the treatment of cancer has become increasingly more popular for both human and veterinary patients.
Equine
Keys to successful equine embryo transfer
By: Ed Kane, PhD
The right technique, embryo quality and donor-recipient synchrony are crucial.
The new equine parasitic threat
By: Ed Kane, PhD
Understanding biology is key to battling the emergence of resistant parasites in horses
Surgery STAT
Managing methicillin-resistant wound infections
By: Karen M. Tobias, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS
In dogs, Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (formerly recognized as S. intermedius) is the most common resident organism of the skin and the most common cause of canine pyoderma.
Business
All you need to know about long-term medical leave: What you don't know can hurt you
By: Christopher J. Allen, DVM, JD
Complaints, lawsuits can cripple veterinary practice owners who don't have a written medical-leave policy
Fee setting: Product pricing is a balancing act
By: Marsha L. Heinke DVM, EA, CPA, CVPM
Are you looking at the right things when it comes to setting fees?
Opinion/Analysis
Weigh public demand vs. activist actions
When will the HSUS understand that Americans won't want expensive meat?
What pushes your veterinary practice value down?
By: Gerald Snyder, VMD
Evaluate your animal hospital's staffing, equipment, inventory and more

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