Why Choose MOVES?
Hosting a board-certified mobile veterinary specialist delivers incredible value for your clinic and your clients.
Better For Your Patients
A close relationship with your MOVES specialist means greater continuity of care, less stress on the patient, and greater convenience for the client.
Better For Your Practice
Raise the profile of your clinic by offering new advanced specialty services without having to invest in new equipment, staff, or marketing.
Better For Your Bottom Line
Instead of referring cases out, you can create an entirely new revenue stream by keeping your advanced cases in-house. It’s a win-win-win.
General Practices Love Mobile Specialists
Access to a mobile specialist such as a board-certified surgeon, internist, cardiologist, or radiologist allows the general practitioner to integrate advanced veterinary practices into his or her own clinic, provide a better and more familiar experience to their clients, and develop a new revenue model instead of referring the business outside the clinic.
We look forward to our Thursdays working with Dr. Michelotti and Lori! They are professional, but keep the mood fun! Dr. Michelotti is one of the most skilled surgeons I have ever worked with.
Kelli Zortman, CVT
Shiloh Veterinary Hospital
Dr. Fiocchi is wonderful. She's extremely knowledgeable and very happy to share her opinions with our doctor staff. She's always readily available for follow up questions and is generally a very pleasant, friendly and down-to-earth person. 10 out of 10!
Melissa Bisesi, DVM
Ashland Animal Hospital
Dr. Fein has made it so easy for us with all the different services she offers! We were able to have her perform an endoscopy and colonoscopy on a pet, also removing a foreign body and helping the client avoid surgery.
DVM
Irvine, CA
We love Dr. Stiller and Fatima! They are always smiling when they come in and it is easy to communicate with both of them.
Marlena Oakes
Lake Forest Animal HospitalWe love Dr. Stiller and Fatima! They are always smiling when they come in and it is easy to communicate with both of them.
Marlena Oakes
Lake Forest Animal Hospital
I cannot say enough good things about MOVES and their specialists. The benefits are tremendous for the clients, the patients, the hospital, and our staff. All of the specialists provide an extremely high standard of care, are very respectful of our staff and hospital, and we have had extremely positive feedback from our clients about providing specialist-level care in our hospital. In most cases, we are able to offer services at a discount from what our local specialty hospital would charge, so the clients pay less, the pets receive excellent care, and it's profitable for us. It's a win, win, win!
Josh Woods, DVM
Vickery Animal HospitalCommon Questions About MOVES
If you've never worked with a mobile specialist before, you probably have some questions. Here are the short and sweet answers to the most common questions, but we highly recommend requesting a Meet & Greet with your local specialist to get all the details.
Absolutely. All MOVES specialists are supplied with the very best veterinary specialty equipment available. Surgeons will arrive with all their own tools, instruments, implants, suture, and other sterile goods. Cardiologists travel with a top-of-the-line cardiac ultrasound machine, and Internists carry advanced multi-attachment endoscopes as well as ultrasound machines. We bring the referral hospital to you.
You’ll need to schedule the appointment with your client, but for internal medicine and cardiology appointments, we need little more than an exam room. Most MOVES specialists travel with a full-time technician, so there is very little burden on your staff. For advanced surgeries, we obviously need the use of your OR, and any time that anesthetized procedures are involved (surgery or med/cardio), we may need extra assistance from one technician at your hospital. MOVES does not provide or bill for ancillary services such as anesthetic technical support, performing diagnostic tests including radiographs and/or lab work, or recovering patients post-operatively. These services and the ability to charge for them are reserved to our partner hospitals.
After completion of any procedure with a MOVES specialist, the patient is under the care of your hospital and attending DVM. The decision to send a pet home or to stay in your clinic post-procedure depends on a number of variables, and we encourage you to discuss the post-procedure care requirements with your MOVES specialist prior to scheduling. It is the hospital’s duty to inform owners regarding your policy on overnight care. If your hospital is not equipped for advanced surgical or internal medicine procedures, or for cases requiring critical care monitoring post-operatively, we strongly recommend overnight monitoring at a 24-hour emergency hospital.
Regarding the potential for complications, our board-certified specialists stand by their work and will remain accessible to you in the event of complications. You will have the direct mobile phone number of your specialist and may contact them as needed.
Many/most surgical procedures require some form of follow-up or re-check appointment. These are typically built into the cost of the surgery and you can expect your MOVES specialist to be available.
You can visit our Locations page to determine whether a MOVES specialist is available in your area. If so, you can schedule an introductory Meet & Greet session with your specialist, or dive right in and refer your first case!
MOVES uses a 100% paperless online referral system that gives you complete visibility into the specialist’s calendar and availability. Simply visit your specialist’s page on the MOVES website to view available times, book your appointment, and submit your patient information. Each specialist’s page includes a brief video explaining how our referral process works.
Very easily! Once your appointment is complete, you will receive an invoice for your specialist’s services via email. This will be delivered to the address of your choosing, or if you are a member of a larger corporation, we can bill your AP department directly. MOVES offers all of our partner hospitals NET15 payment terms with no credit check required. Your invoice will contain a link to pay online via ACH, or you may mail a company check to our billing department. Credit card payments are accepted as a convenience only and will include a 3.5% processing fee. You can make a credit card payment at vetmoves.com/payment.