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May 2025

Vet Burnout: How Tech Integration Can Help

Burnout can cause emotional and cognitive challenges with work performance and job satisfaction. Learn how technological advances, including those pertaining to payments and financing, can help support vet teams.

6 min read
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May 2025

How Flexible Financing Can Differentiate Your Health and Wellness Practice

The health and wellness market is changing and so are patient and client preferences. Learn how offering patient financing options can help those visiting your office while setting your practice or business apart from the competition.

4 min read
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May 2025

Patient Financing Can Help Empower Women to Advance Their Health Journey

National Women's Health Month is a time to reflect on how you can improve your female patients' access to important routine and preventative care. Learn how financing can help empower women to pursue health and wellness options.

6 min read
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May 2025

The Spectrum of Solutions for Veterinary Cost Concerns

The cost of care is one of the most significant barriers facing veterinary clients today. In this article, explore how to create a client-centric financial system for your practice.

6 min read
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May 2025

Addressing Cost Concerns With Dermatology Patient Financing

Costs can be a barrier to care, especially for procedures not covered by insurance. Learn about your dermatology patients’ cost concerns and how to support their financial needs through flexible payment options.

5 min read
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May 2025

How to Create a Seamless Dental Patient Payment Experience

How do you help reduce patient stress and create a better in-office experience? Take a look at your dental payment process. Learn strategies for removing obstacles, boosting convenience and offering support.

6 min read
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May 2025

Using Mental Health Financing to Help Patients Prioritize Treatment

Learn about the gaps, barriers and challenges in today’s mental health services landscape, along with practical ways to connect patients to care and flexible financing solutions to help them better manage their costs.

5 min read

May 2025

Why Is Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management So Important?

Want to help reduce administrative costs, lower your claim denial rate and improve the patient experience? Take a strategic approach to revenue cycle management in your healthcare practice or organization.

9 min read
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April 2025

10 Strategies to Help You Get More Dental Patients

Looking to grow your patient base? Learn a few tactics that can help you raise awareness and drive individuals in your community to schedule an appointment with your dental care team.

8 min read
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April 2025

How Dental Patient Financing Helps Support Patient Oral Health and Practice Health

Dental patients can worry when it comes to recommended dental treatment plans. With affordable financing options, you can put patients at ease, improve conversions and boost the productivity of your staff.

6 min read
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April 2025

What’s the Harm in Offering Discounts for Equine Vet Care?

It can be challenging to say no when a client pushes for a discount on your equine vet services, especially in times of need — but bending the rules on your rates can actually do more harm than good. Find out why.

3 min read
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April 2025

How to Navigate Cost Concerns with Different Kinds of Equine Vet Clients

You can’t use the same approach when engaging with every client. Learn about the different types of clients you might encounter in cost conversations and how to best respond to each.

3 min read
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April 2025

Simple Solutions to Improve the Patient Financial Experience

With health and wellness expenses on the rise, providers who deliver an optimal financial experience seize the opportunity to boost patient satisfaction and retention. Read more for some helpful strategies.

7 min read
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April 2025

Hear All Year: 10 Awareness Events to Promote Hearing Health Each Year

Every day marks an opportunity for hearing loss awareness and patient education. We’ve made a list of special monthly events and resources — from local to worldwide — to help you plan and inspire new ideas to “hear all year."

5 min read
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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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