FAEP membership benefits include

• Legislative Advocacy

  The FVMA’s Legislative Committee and our staff are constantly monitoring any proposed legislation that could affect the veterinary profession. Our statewide network of members contacts legislators whenever necessary to protect the interests of our membership. The FVMA also retains the lobbying firm Converge Government Affairs to ensure that the “good bills pass” and the “bad bills don’t.”

• Quality Continuing Education (CE)

  Members have access to online courses and conferences for affordable CE opportunities. Conferences expand the skills and knowledge of attendees while offering a chance to network with colleagues and industry partners. Events include:

  ► FVMA Annual Conference (small animal/exotic)
  ► The Gulf-Atlantic Veterinary Conference (small animal/exotic)
  ► Promoting Excellence Symposium (equine)
  ► FVMA Regionals (small animal)
  ► Ocala Equine Conference (equine)
  ► Harvey Rubin Memorial Food Animal Conference

  These conferences expand the skills and knowledge of attendees while offering a chance to network, professionally and socially, with colleagues and industry partners in the veterinary medical field.

• Member Assistance Program (MAP)

  MAP offers help for personal and/or professional concerns by providing free, confidential, short-term counseling and personal consultation. Additionally, MAP provides resources for issues such as legal and financial consultations, online learning, and resources. More information is available here.

  To seek assistance through the MAP, simply call 704-529-1428 or 800-633-3353 or visit mygroup.com.

  Click on “My Portal Login” and choose “Work-Life.”

  Username: fvma2021 | Password: guest

• NEW! Expanded Legal Consultations

  FAEP members have always been able to ask questions pertaining to practicing veterinary medicine, pharmacy law, and veterinary board relations. We’ve expanded legal benefits to include new areas of law such as labor and employment law and civil litigation.

  Practice and pharmacy-related inquiries are referred to Attorney Edwin Bayo, Partner of Grossman, Furlow, Bayo, LLC and instructor of the RACE-approved 3-hour Florida Laws and Rules & Dispensing Legend Drugs course. Labor, employment law, and civil litigation inquiries are referred to Sniffen & Spellman, P.A.

  To take advantage of this benefit, email info@fvma.org with your inquiry and contact information.

• NEW! Working Advantage

  Now you can get exclusive discounts on everything from event tickets to rental cars, movie tickets, streaming services and more! We’ve partnered with Working Advantage to offer you a one-stop shop for savings on the experiences, products and services you know and love.

  Visit workingadvantage.com to enroll. Click ‘Become a Member’ and use code FVMAPERKS to create your account.

• Publications and Communications

  The FVMA Advocate and The Practitioner are both published four times a year. These publications are provided to members free of cost and are vehicles for circulating up-to-date industry and medical information as well as information regarding FAEP CE conferences and events. Emails and social media will also keep you in the loop with breaking news and issues that affect your profession.

• FVMA Helpline

  The FAEP staff is here to help you and answer any questions you might have. Your business and professional interests are the FAEP’s daily focus. If we don’t know the answer, we’ll do our best to find it for you.

• CLOVER MERCHANT SERVICES

  We make accepting electronic payments easy AND affordable! Clover Merchant Services, a FiServ company, has partnered with the FVMA for 29 years. Clover helps business owners connect with customers no matter where you run your business. We have payments solutions for the brick-and-mortar clinic, field work and online payments. Simply put, our merchant solutions make it possible for you to receive non-cash payments securely anytime, anywhere.

  Your dedicated Business Consultant, Mary Durina, is ready to assist with any payment needs or questions you may have. You can reach Mary by phone, text or email. Cell 813.326.501 / Email mary.durina@fiserv.com

   

• CareCredit®

  CareCredit provides a continuum of payment to support a Lifetime of CareTM for pets at enrolled veterinary hospitals. Once approved for a CareCredit credit card, clients can choose from special financing options available and make convenient monthly payments for everything from diagnostics and preventative care to emergency and specialty care. Clients can use CareCredit again and again at any provider in the CareCredit network.

  Want to enroll your practice or learn more? Call 800-300-3046 or visit www.carecredit.com/vet.

  Already one of the 22,000+ veterinary hospitals that accept CareCredit? Call 800-859-9975 for free resources and support from your Practice Development Team.

• I.C. SYSTEMS

  Avoid bad debt and improve cash flow! A national leader in accounts receivable, collections and avoidance. In addition to collecting outstanding accounts, I.C. Systems will train your staff and put in place their administrative system to prevent future receivable problems. Call 800‐279‐3511.

• FVMA VETERINARY CAREER CENTER

  The most comprehensive nationwide career and employee recruiting site for the animal health industry! The Veterinary Career Center is an active partner when you post a job opening or your resume with us. You will have access to the most jobs and candidates in the animal health industry in your neighborhood, other parts of Florida and nationwide!

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• The Power of Ten

  This program is designed to foster and support leadership potential in the industry by providing learning experiences to recent graduates, which will engage and develop foundational skills in leadership, communication and business.

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• Website with Online Membership Directory

  Our website contains our online membership directory, which lets you find a colleague’s name, address, phone number and email. Through this feature, you can also edit your own record in the FAEP database. Members can opt-out of having their respective information available to other members.

• Website with “Find-A-Veterinarian” for Animal Owners

  Pet owners can locate FAEP member practitioners by searching their name, city or county. This public view will contain FAEP members’ clinic addresses and phone numbers.