AAHA Press

Buying a veterinary practice. (CD-ROM included)

In this brief guide, Monheiser-List outlines the process of buying a veterinary practice. She focuses on small-animal practices and buyers who are purchasing 100% of an existing one either alone or with a partner. Partial interest is not covered. She describes finding a practice, information to request, analyzing finances, preparing cash flow forecasts, and offers and counteroffers. Appendices contain checklists and sample balance sheets and forecasts. An accompanying CD contains templates. There is no index or bibliography. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Financial & productivity pulsepoints; vital statistics for your veterinary practice, 4th ed. (CD-ROM included)

This guide helps owners evaluate the success of their veterinary practice by comparing their financial performance to industry standards, based on 496 surveys completed by veterinarians in 2006. Data on demographics, revenue, expenses, profit, productivity, and staffing is reported in tables by practice size, revenue, American Animal Hospital Association status, and number of years the practice has been established. This edition is accompanied by a CD that contains spreadsheets for entering data. Other new features include how accredited, non-accredited, and nonmembers differ; types of managers; employees per veterinarian; revenue per nonveterinarian employee; net income; and other information. There is no index. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)