Corporate Acquisition Inquiry

I get these phone calls and emails daily. It seems that as the available pool of private practices gets smaller the tactics and tactful phishing gets more invasive and obnoxious.

Here is todays example. I have half a mind to add the phone number. The volley serve to texting me at 5 pm on a Friday.

Hi Dr. Magnifico, this is XXXX from VetEvolve. I hope it's okay reaching out by text. I am very interested in learning a bit about Jarrettsville and your plans for the future of the practice. Are you available for a quick call next week to introduce ourselves? 

Looking forward to hearing back.

XXXX

Practice Partnership Specialist 

xxx

George.
Multiple unblockings (UO) and a PU surgery

Myreply;

If you are reaching out bc you work for a corporate entity seeking ownership than no. It is not ok. It is predatory, rude, disrespectful and unprofessional. You are also working for people who intentionally and purposely make pet care so expensive it costs pets their lives. It also costs pet parents their ability to trust other veterinarians. Think about what your paycheck costs pets. 

Doc, linear foreign body surgery.

Thank you for sharing your perspective. I do appreciate your passion and commitment to the veterinary profession..and also the well-being of pets and clients alike.  

At Vetevolve, we are not about being predatory or undermining the trust between veterinarians and pet parents. Our focus is to support practices, maintain each unique culture, and provide resources to help teams thrive and better serve clients and patients. Affordability and access to care are priorities for us and we are striving to make a positive impact.

I understand completely if you aren't interested in further discussion, but I want to assure you that our intentions are grounded in supporting and preserving the veterinary community, not taking advantage of it. 

If you would ever like to share more about your concerns or ideas for improving the industry, I'd genuinely value the opportunity to listen. 

Warmest Regards,

XXXX 

Lola, pyometra surgery

I would be shocked if all of that pitching garbage had any teeth. Let me know which patients of the other corp owned practices who are turned away due to financial restraints that I can send your way for affordable care   I'll give them your name. 

Send me one case that you made affordable. 

You are drinking the kool aid. 

I just visited your website.  There isn't one word about patients. Every single page and line item is about people. So if your website is any indication of how much you care about your patients it's zero 

And for the record my husband and I have 40 years of combined service Bn the navy and coast guard. 

Don't say I didn't warn you. Eventually some bigger fish will send you packing. They treat their people as bad as their patients. 

Dixie, Pyometra surgery

I assure you,  my heartfelt thoughts are based on what I witness.  I don't have cases on hand from the hospital level...but our integrations and operations teams would be sure to provide  for any owners who are moving forward with discussions.

In reference to our website, I can direct you to the resources tab where there are videos and posts... where the veterinarians speak about community and their clients. By implication clients are happy because their pets are taken care of ...but you raise a great point ..a heightened awareness of protecting and caring for the animals could be more prevalent instead of mostly mentioning vets and their teams.

As for your combined service, I appreciate what you have done for our country... I admire all branches of our military. 

Lastly, I have my eyes wide open here....and it's not my first rodeo in M&A.  You have a valid point that companies merge or close without warning.,.being tied to PE does come with occasional risk...but if I can add on to the culture from what I have learned in the past few decades in the space, I will. So many of us here have come from other places and want to right some of the wrongs we have seen in the past.  I don't view that as having Rose-colored glasses ..its just because someone has to take the first steps to do it right.  

Thanks again for your thoughts..I do value your opinion...

Have a great weekend and much continued success this year. 

Garfield, trauma, fractured jaw

There is not one single thing that is in place in your organization that puts pets first. The whole concept of the corp ethos is about profits over individuals. As a civil servant it is unethical and deceitful to even try to portray otherwise. 

At some point you will ask yourself what your efforts contribute to our society. What legacy you are building. Who you are, who you represent are the antithesis of what the pets who we consider family need. They need love, compassion and kindness. Medicine should embody this in every molecule of our being. Every action, word and decision that we make. 

It is the dawn of shooting CEOs in the back and the public cheering them on for it. This is the world you built. These are the consequences of greed, wealth and your idea of power. 

It's shameful. I'm not afraid to tell you that. We, as the spokesperson to our companies, have nothing to say to each other. 

As the individual You just aren't looking deep enough into your own mirror. 

Seraphina and Dr Ahrens

...and PS XXX, my success is infinitely easier to achieve because of two factors; 

1. Your business model makes my new client patient appointments robust. Your "one and done" visit ratio is much higher than mine. You will price them out of care once and they will never come back. That's the price of playing with the lives of our family.

2. I possess qualities you will never have; genuine compassion and utter determination to save lives.

If you aren't saving the souls you came here to serve you are selling yours short. It is not about the "if they can pay we can help" it is about altruism and your own humanity.

"If you feel pain, you are alive. If you feel other people's pain, you are a human being." Leo Tolstoy.

If you are a veterinary professional looking to save the lives you came here to be the kind hand of healing for then please reach out. Medicine was never intended to be driven by profits alone.

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