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April 2025

Dental Staff Appreciation Ideas to Help Boost Office Morale

Looking to improve employee satisfaction and minimize turnover? Let your team know how much you appreciate them. Discover why showing gratitude is essential for your practice and get some helpful dental staff appreciation ideas.

5 min read
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April 2025

Digital Point-of-Sale Financing Is Opening Access to Vision Care

With the proliferation of optometry care centers, it’s important to provide an excellent patient experience. Digital point-of-sale financing can help increase access to vision care while delivering a more streamlined checkout process.

5 min read
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April 2025

Financing for Specialty Vision Care: Helping Patients Move Forward with Treatment

Discover how financing can make it easier for patients to pay for specialty vision procedures and products that are not covered — or not fully covered — by insurance.

5 min read
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March 2025

How Much Practice Financial Information Should I Share With My Team?

It’s natural to feel protective of your practice's financial information. One equine vet shares how a little bit of transparency with your team can go a long way. Get some helpful insights.

2 min read
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March 2025

How to Help Your Clients Financially Prepare for Equine Care

Being an equine vet requires more than just caring for horses’ health — it also requires you to work effectively with horse owners in the coordination of care. Learn what you can do to help clients prepare for the costs of care.

2 min read
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March 2025

CareCredit Tools and Resources to Help Your Team Succeed

Get the support you need to simplify the financing conversation for your staff and your patients or clients. CareCredit offers in-office and online marketing materials, scripts, tools for calculating estimated payments and much more.

2 min read
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March 2025

Healthcare Billing Best Practices: Better Claims and Patient Payments

Effective patient billing and collection is essential for healthcare organizations' financial health, and it's also important for maintaining a positive patient experience. Learn how to navigate the complexities of healthcare billing.

8 min read
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March 2025

CareCredit FAQs for Providers: What to Know for Your Practice or Business

Get your questions answered about the CareCredit credit card, including how it can be used by patients and clients, the ways it can benefit health and wellness practices or businesses, processing logistics and more.

5 min read
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February 2025

Digital Tools­­ and Strategies Can Help Improve the Patient Payment Experience

As patients' needs shift, it may be necessary for ambulatory surgery centers to leverage modernized solutions for care and patient engagement. Learn why digitization of patient payment solutions could be part of that initiative.

5 min read
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February 2025

Lifetime of Care: Empowering Pet Health Through Every Stage

Pet owners often focus on their pet's current health status instead of proactively planning for a Lifetime of Care. Help clients provide their pets with the Lifetime of Care they deserve in ways that fit their goals and budgets.

5 min read
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February 2025

5 Key Trends in Healthcare Payments to Watch

With emerging digital solutions and established healthcare payment and financing partners, providers are bridging the gap between what consumers want and need and what providers can offer.

7 min read
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February 2025

Billing for Telehealth: Best Practices and Key Questions to Ask Payers

How well does your practice support patients throughout the telehealth billing process? Discover ways to improve your patient payments process and boost your financial performance.

5 min read
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February 2025

5 Helpful Strategies to Improve Your Healthcare Billing Process

Healthcare billing plays a crucial role in keeping your operations running smoothly. Learn smart strategies for reviewing and improving the billing process for your patients and practice.

7 min read
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February 2025

6 Strategies to Reduce Churn and Boost Patient Retention

Improving patient retention benefits both the provider and the patient. Learn strategies to help improve your patient or client experience and inspire loyalty.

7 min read
7 Benefits of Offering Patient Financing

February 2025

7 Benefits of Patient Financing for Health and Wellness Practices

Flexible financing gives patients and clients another way to pay for care at the time of service, which helps both patients and your practice. Learn more about the benefits.

5 min read
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February 2025

Patient Financial Communication Tips and Scripts

Learn when and how to most effectively talk to patients about the cost of care and payment options that can help them access the care they want and need.

4 min read
Dentist speaking with female patient

February 2025

Appealing to Patients Seeking Cosmetic Dentistry

Get expert insights on how to address patients’ concerns about the costs associated with cosmetic dentistry. Learn how to help them find the best path to care.

5 min read
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February 2025

Patient Responsibility: Overview and Guidance for Healthcare Providers

Learn how patient financial responsibility works within the health and wellness billing process and what you can do to help patients understand and pay for their out-of-pocket expenses.

7 min read
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February 2025

The Evolution of Curbside Care: A New Standard of Modern Veterinary Care

The COVID-19 pandemic introduced curbside care, telehealth and other innovations that help vet practices offer more delivery options, improve communication, streamline workflows and reduce staff burnout. Learn about these strategies.

7 min read
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February 2025

How to Help Your Patients Navigate the Annual Deductible Reset

Improve the patient-provider relationship by engaging in conversations about the annual deductible reset.

7 min read
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February 2025

Mapping the Patient Journey to Maximize Engagement

Learn how to deliver a memorable customer experience and develop a continuum of care that increases patient engagement and satisfaction through every step of the hearing care journey.

9 min read
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February 2025

How to Communicate Financial Responsibilities to Patients

Discover helpful ways to effectively communicate healthcare financial responsibilities with patients before, during and after care.

6 min read
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December 2024

Mastering the Initial Patient Contact and Pre-Appointment Conversation

Learn tips from health and wellness providers for building trust and creating a smoother patient or client experience at the start of their care journey.

10 min read
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November 2024

Prepare to Keep Caring with Healthy Cost Conversations

Proactive conversations about the cost of care for pets can build trust, loyalty and stronger relationships with your clients. Learn how to be prepared for the cost conversation.

2 min read
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November 2024

The Art of Setting Boundaries and Keeping Them

Four tips to help you master the art of boundaries and drive resilience in your life as a veterinarian.

2 min read

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