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Let's face it, credit card fees can eat into your veterinary practice's profits. Between interchange fees, assessments, and potential chargebacks, those swipes can add up quickly. But what if there was a way to offer your clients flexibility while keeping your bottom line healthy? Enter the humble check.

People love their pets and as they age they require more frequent and consistent visits to the veterinarian to ensure their ongoing health and well-being. With that in mind, CrossCheck's ACH Pay-by-Link with guarantee is the best choice for veterinarians as it offers a simple, quick and easy payment solution. Tokenization also means the pet parent will not have to enter any information after the first visit, which will naturally speed up and simplify future payments for both merchant and customer.

CrossCheck's ACH Pay-by-Link with Guarantee is the convenient payment solution for any business. Frictionless payments via email or text will also enable merchants to set up payments with tokenization, meaning customers only have to enter their information once. With credit card fees at high rates, checking accounts are still often the preferred method of payment, and our ACH Pay-by-Link is a superior, easy way to save customers from credit card interest rates, and save the merchant from high credit card fees. Once customers get the ACH Pay-by-Link as a text or email, they can enter their info on a phone or tablet and CrossCheck will handle the rest.

According to a recent survey by LendingClub and PYMNTS, 61 percent of Americans report that they are living paycheck to paycheck. Perhaps the most astounding statistic to come out of the survey, however, is the fact that 48 percent of respondents making $100,000 or more also say they live paycheck to paycheck.

In honor of National Pet Dental Health Month, many pet parents will realize just how important it is to take care of their pets’ teeth. Complications for poor dental health can range from fairly mundane bad breath, to much more serious illnesses, including organ failure.

Four-legged furballs can brighten anyone’s day and our pets are generally considered family members just as they consider us part of their packs. Covid has only heightened both this need for unrivaled affection…and the cost that can accompany such a relationship. Although pet parenthood has increased significantly during the Covid pandemic as people have decided to adopt cats and dogs for extra companionship, pet insurance – whether it be accident-and-illness coverage or accident-only – has not quite kept pace.

Whether the patient walks, gallops, flies, or leaps its way into the office, veterinarians care for a wide range of their customer’s beloved companions. Despite the best efforts of the vet and his/her staff, the result of animal care isn’t always what everyone had hoped for. The price of treatment can be a surprise when it comes to serious conditions and emergency pet care. If you add an unfavorable outcome, it could lead to payment disputes. Written checks are a widely accepted payment method by veterinarians. Customers can issue a stop payment on their check when a misunderstanding or dispute arises. Stop payments are difficult to collect especially if the consumer is unhappy about the result of their animal's care. Luckily, there are services available to protect your pet clinic from the pitfalls of stop-payment checks. Read below the break to learn more about the impact of stop payments and the services available to protect your veterinary practice.

withTo many people, pets are seen as part of the family, so it's crucial for veterinarians to have the right kind of software to use in the treatment of these family members. Veterinary practice management software is generally the tool of choice today. In a large practice with hundreds of clients, it would be tough to effectively manage all of the patients without the help of first-class software packages. Veterinary software is composed of a suite of applications and programs used by animal hospitals and veterinary clinics to effectively manage the treatment of their patients. Suites can include solutions for managing patient intake and discharge, accounting and payment processing, records management, dispensary, workflow, client communication and much more. The seamless integration of all aspects of a veterinary practice allows for a streamlined process and access to information across multiple locations.

Veterinarians no longer spend time only fixing booboos and ailments afflicting our furry, feathered, and scaly friends. They are now innovating technologies, developing new treatments for cancer, combating the spread of disease, developing animal assistance programs for the disabled, and more! This is just a sampling of what veterinarians will learn at the Veterinary Innovation Summit scheduled for April 5 – 7 at the College of Veterinary Medicine in College Station, Tx.

The Veterinary Hospital Managers Association presents its Annual Meeting & Conference October 18 – 20 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel. The business event features educational sessions, well-qualified speakers, networking and social opportunities, and a tradeshow. The learning presentations include continuing education units, certification, a pre-conference Legal Symposium, and a post-conference practice management software workshop. Attendees consist of veterinarians, hospital administrators, practice managers, office managers and consultants.