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NPMA Staff Entomologist, Brittany Campbell, visited Cook’s Pest Control Company in Decatur, Alabama during the week of July 30th to attend their Commercial Training Academy. The week-long program is designed for every commercial technician employed by Cook’s to receive hands-on training for pest management techniques in a variety of commercial settings, including, restaurants, food manufacturing facilities, hospitals, offices, dorms, among many others. “Cook’s is an outstanding pest control company that fosters a great working environment for their employees with excellent training opportunities, Brittany said. “I learned a lot of valuable information about commercial pest control and fully believe Cook’s provides a great service to their customers and the community”.

Dear members,

Professional pest control serves a critical role in society. We have a clearly defined vision of every home and business utilizing professional pest control services, and we spent much of the last year building on the foundational plans set forth in our strategic plan.

2017 was a busy year for our industry with significant progress being made. We welcomed more than 425 new member companies to our organization and initiated new programs and committees, including our new Resource Center, Health Insurance Exchange, and the NPMA Strategic Partnership Program.

Our public policy team worked to enact change and preserve our interests on regulation and legislation – both on the Hill and in local municipalities.

In 2017 alone, the number of QualityPro accredited companies grew by 10 percent, bringing the total number of companies recognized for meeting the standards of professionalism to more than 500.

We also continued to get our messages out to the consumer audiences through the work of the Professional Pest Management Alliance. In 2017, we’ve been everywhere – in magazines, newspapers, TV news programs, and across social media. We’ve driven more than 4.5 million consumers to PestWorld.org.

Each of our member companies will soon be receiving a copy of our 2017 Annual Report in the mail, you may also click here to view the digital version. I encourage you to check it out to see all that has been accomplished over the last year. Working in this industry is something we can, and should all be proud of – we could not have achieved all of this without YOU!

Thank you for your support, I truly believe the future is bright and the best is yet to come!

Sincerely,

Dominique Stumpf, CMP, CAE
NPMA Chief Executive Officer

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Mission Pest Management of Greenville, PA
US Biologic of Memphis, TN
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Core Value plans allow you to gain control of your health care expenses while providing quality benefits to your employees.  This is made possible by combining the cost lowering qualities of self-funding with a referenced based pricing plan.  Core Value gives you the simplicity and savings you’re looking for.  Core Value is referenced based pricing, meaning it pays providers on a multiple of the Medicare reimbursement rate (or other derived equivalent), regardless of the billed amount. This can reduce the amount paid for your members’ claims- which would save money for both you and your group’s members.

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