WorldMed Assist, a leader in Medical Travel for self-funded employers and consumers, announces a joint marketing venture with the San Carlos, CA, office of Wells Fargo Insurance Services, to promote Medical Travel programs to Wells Fargo’s self-funded employers. As a result of this venture, Wells Fargo recently implemented a WorldMed Assist program with a 5,000 member client that is a leading supplier of professional services to the Federal Government. Through this program, the client’s employees and dependents are accessing high quality healthcare through WorldMed Assist’s Centers of Excellence Network, while the client is reducing its healthcare costs.  

The current downturn in the U.S. economy is an ideal time for employers to consider adding an international medical travel benefit to their health plans.  

U.S. insurance companies have yet to wholeheartedly embrace medical tourism, along with U.S. employers. This hesitancy, some argue, may inhibit America from becoming more involved in the industry. It was not surprising then to see a moderate number of sessions at this year’s World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress which covered the topics of employer and insurance involvement in medical tourism.  

Former Foundation for Air-Medical Research and Education (FARE) is renamed to reflect organization’s increased global involvement and influence  

Health care reform proposals raise focus on quality and value, positioning medical travel as ideal solution for employers and individuals  

Amid rising health care costs, U.S. companies increasingly are weighing the money-saving benefits of including international medical travel coverage in their employee health plans.  

A look at the coming trends of this emerging health benefit option  

 

HIMAHEALTH offers cutting edge medical technology and expertise to U.S. patients for 50 to 70 percent less  

Through an alliance with MedicaView, Jackson International will provide online resources for patients and their families traveling to Miami for complex medical and surgical procedures. These tools permit their affiliate physician access to medical records and information with the patients consent, to better provide continuity of care for them.  

Aimed at attracting more Americans to Singapore for medical treatment, this unique search engine helps users find specific specialists, review their credentials and request consultations, all with a few clicks.  

Veiovis Launches Medical Tourism Web Portal  

Employers, Health Plans Access High Quality, Cost Effective Hospitals and Providers  

We've awarded top innovators in health care these coveted honors for excellence and innovation in the rapidly changing world of CDHC. Read about these outstanding companies and the people at their helm as they lead the way with innovative plan design, implementation, and leadership. Inside are the profiles of the winners and finalists in each of the 8 categories.  

The Medical Tourism Association has launched “accreditation” to ensure the safety and overall positive results for patients traveling from one country to another. “Having the right processes and procedures in place to assist international patients has a direct correlation to better surgical outcomes for those patients.  

The purpose of this white paper, published in October 2007, is to lay out the issues that US players should begin addressing now and to provide the context in which to evaluate them.  

Global Health Care Partnership with Serigraph, Inc. Reduces Costs for Members Undergoing Elective Procedures in India  

Dramatically rising U.S. health care costs are prompting many consumers to consider outbound medical tourism as a viable care option.  

Healthbase collaborates with WellPoint to bring affordable healthcare benefits to Americans through an international medical tourism pilot program. Members will now have more choices regarding where to receive care and a greater involvement in the care they receive.  

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