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Comment on Join Us on the Hill by AVMA@Work

AVMA@Work — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:02:42 +0000

Thank you for your interest. The AVMA issued its first version of a model practice act back in the 1960s. It has been revised several times since then and can be found at http://www.avma.org/issues/policy/mvpa.asp. It contains very specific instructions on nonveterinarians needing veterinary supervision to work on animals. Many states have adopted language from our practice act. I know the Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association is working hard to change the practice act to overturn legislatively the decision you refer to.
Sincerely,
Adrian Hochstadt, JD
Assistant Director
State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
American Veterinary Medical Association

Comment on Join Us on the Hill by vikki trupin,dvm

vikki trupin,dvm — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:27:33 +0000

My comment relates to our states needing help updating our practice act for veterinary medicine. Currently in the state on TN lay people can perform veterinary procedures and charge for it thanks to the Bonnie Cady
ruling. What’s the point of paying to be a licensed veterinarian when now lay people can legally perform as a veterinarian? We need help AVMA. It seems logical that a generic practice act for states to use could be and should be drafted by the AVMA.
Sincerely,
Vikki Trupin, DVM
Pulaski, TN

Comment on Good News on Health Insurance by Libby Wallace

Libby Wallace — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:33:09 +0000

The AVMA GHLIT was very excited to announce the premium credit and flat renewal to its members. They wanted to insure that their members knew that they were being rewarded for the smart health care decisions they have made over the past year. In 2010 the marketing committee for the GHLIT is going to make a conscious effort to ‘go green’. As a result all communications regarding the GHLIT going out to the AVMA membership will ask for email addresses, because there is a very large portion of their participants for whom they do not have email addresses. The GHLIT marketing for 2010 will include email marketing, blogging and social networking ads. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Libby Wallace
CEO
AVMA GHLIT

Comment on Good News on Health Insurance by Mac Barksdale

Mac Barksdale — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:13:46 +0000

We may as well be making plans to shut down gracefully the Group Health Insurance. hussein nobama is planning to destroy all the health care insurance companies. He cares not a whit about our health what he wants is complete control over the lives of the citizens of The United Socialist States of America.

Comment on Good News on Health Insurance by Richard Chesterfield

Richard Chesterfield — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:52:06 +0000

All well and good except the health insurance plan I was placed in for retired veterinarians was costing more than $1000 a month. After carrying AVMA insurance for approx. 30 years, last year I and another collegue finally had to draw the line and switch to a local health maintance organization. So far, even with a marked increase in health problems, the cost is still well below that what the AVMA was charging us. Someone from GHLIT keeps telling us what a good job they are doing for us, but guess would have to disagree from my perspective!!

Comment on Oh, the Good Life by C. Stansberry

C. Stansberry — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:00:50 +0000

Whoa! You can say it’s not intended to upset owners, but saying it doesn’t make it so. Most owners won’t be willing to wade through this publication, and those that are willing will likely be obsessive/compulsive types who will call me at all hours convinced that their dogs have been exposed or infected. Could you dial it down a bit and present the high points in a brochure format rather than 9 PDF pages? For example, just say that there are diseases that are transmitted by ticks and that owners should have their dogs on a tick preventive. You don’t have to list all of the tick-borne diseases. Thanks.

Comment on Now You be the ‘Star’ by Bernadine Cruz, DVM

Bernadine Cruz, DVM — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:48:42 +0000

Congratulations on receiving the Energy Star award for the Schaumburg offices. Besides being energy wise, they are very conducive for productive meetings and facilites that members can be very proud of. AMA…eat your heart out! Now to continue the trend of being energy saving….send JAVMA electronically only. If someone wants paper, they could pay a premium.

Comment on Student Scholarships by Michael Cathey

Michael Cathey — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:32:53 +0000

Thanks for your interest. With this exciting new student scholarship initiative, Pfizer Animal Health and the AVMF decided to first focus where we had the most experience and partnership – with U.S. colleges of veterinary medicine. At some point in the future, this initiative may become more global.
Michael Cathey
Executive Director
AVMF

Comment on Student Scholarships by Jack Beal

Jack Beal — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:59:31 +0000

Are the schools in the carribean AVMA accredited? I have a student at St Georges.

Comment on Good News on Health Insurance by Lisa Lindesmith

Lisa Lindesmith — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:18:32 +0000

I think it’s great that we’re getting a rebate on premiums, but I’m perturbed that I’ve gotten at least 3 separate paper mailings informing me of the rebate – one for sure was a card that had that sole purpose (4 mailings if you include my premium billing). I think that’s a huge waste of paper and money – perhaps we’d get a bigger rebate if we didn’t do that?