Jim Gill realized he was missing the know-how of management. Then he found Sterling Practice Management in Glendale, CA and all of that changed.
“After working as an associate in a multi-doctor practice, I bought a practice of my own from a retiring veterinarian. I went from working in someone else’s practice to owning my own, and being its only doctor. I was completely unprepared for the workload ahead of me.
Jeff and Susie Hirsch were struggling to make ends meet when they got in touch with Sterling Practice Management in Glendale, CA. Now things are totally different.
"Susie and I met while attending veterinary school at Colorado State University, and after graduation moved to Phoenix to take over from a retiring doctor.
Twenty years ago I was a young veterinarian with all the hopes and dreams of a new business owner. After being in practice for 9 years, I was working 6 days a week and was not making much money for all the effort I was putting in. I did not enjoy the thought of going to work, and felt I was slowly dying and I knew it.
George Malnati had twice burned out by the time he found Sterling Practice Management in Glendale, CA. He went on to build two successful practices.
"I have been practicing veterinary medicine since 1971, and over the years have lived through both the wrong way and the right way to run a practice. After graduating from Cornell, I had a clinic in Massachusetts. But in a few short years, I was burned out. I assumed I simply needed to improve my skills so I sold that practice and did specialty surgical training at the University of Georgia at Athens.
Veterinarian Bud Farr was about to quit veterinary practice when he connected up with Sterling Practice Management in Glendale, CA. From that point things started to improve.
“After 12 years of running my own veterinary practice, I was ready to walk out the door and not come back. Income wasn’t the problem; we were tracking the receivables, sending out the bills and collecting the money. My wife was tight with a dollar. Other than that, I had no management skills.