Looking for virtual CE options? Check out our digital line up! Access continuing education, professional publications, information resources, programs and products through your membership online, and on-demand.
The MAP offers help for personal and/or professional concerns by providing free, confidential, short-term counseling and personal consultation.
Additionally, the MAP provides work-life resources for such issues as legal and financial consultations, online learning, and resources. They also host a variety of helpful seminars.
The Florida Veterinary Medical Association (FVMA) provides numerous tangible benefits to its members including quality continuing education, professional publications, information resources, and discounts on personal and professional services, programs, and products. But some of the most valuable benefits derived from membership in the FVMA are intangible. The Association provides a powerful voice for the veterinary medical profession and works to affect policies, regulations, and legislation in order to protect the veterinary profession, veterinarians’ livelihood, and the well-being of patients and clients.
FVMA offers classic DVM membership, with bonus inclusion for equine veterinarians in the Florida Association of Equine Practitioners (FAEP), as well as team member memberships.
Become a DVM Member Become an FVMA Team Member
| Membership Type | Fee |
| Regular DVM Member | $299 |
| Recent DVM Graduate (2021-2022) | $199 |
| Part-time Employed DVM | $199 |
| State/Federal Employee | $199 |
| Non-resident DVM Member | $135 |
| Retired DVM Member* | $120 |
| Veterinary Technician | $55 |
| Veterinary Assistant | $25 |
| Veterinary Practice Manager | $55 |
| Animal Care Technician | $35 |
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.”
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.
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
FVMA 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.
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.
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 FVMA CE conferences and events. Emails and social media will also keep you in the loop with breaking news and issues that affect your profession.
The FVMA staff is here to help you and answer any questions you might have. Your business and professional interests are the FVMA’s daily focus. If we don’t know the answer, we’ll do our best to find it for you.
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 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.
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.
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!
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.
The FVMA 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 FVMA database. Members can opt-out of having their respective information available to other members.
Pet owners can locate FVMA member veterinarians by searching their name, city or county. This public view will contain FVMA members’ clinic addresses and phone numbers.
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