BENTONVILLE, Ark., Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As health care costs continue to rise, Walmart is introducing a first-of-its-kind Centers of Excellence program that will offer its associates quality health care with no out-of-pocket cost for heart, spine, and transplant surgeries at six of the leading hospital and health systems

In Priceless, I hazarded a guess that employers could cut the cost of hospital care in half by engaging in medical tourism. It’s a variation on what is sometimes called “value-based purchasing” or “reference pricing.” In its pure form, the employer picks a low-cost, high quality facility and covers all

MyHealthGuide - Consumer-driven health plans (CDHP) took a leap forward last year when, for the first time, more companies offered such plans than offer HMOs, according to a survey of nearly 2,000 companies by Aon Hewitt. Survey findings: CDHP Plans 58% of the companies surveyed offered some type of

DENVER —Mercury Advisory Group (mercuryadvisorygroup.com) says it has been awarded a contract to build a 200-hospital in Awka, Nigeria.  The first phase will include a fact-finding mission to visit the proposed building site and begin research and interviews to conduct a feasibility study and develop the concept document and

bdlive.co.za - Private hospital group Mediclinic International is lobbying the United Arab Emirates (UAE) federal government to change its medical liability laws to reduce the risk of doctors facing criminal charges from dissatisfied patients, saying the current system is putting a damper on Dubai's plans to become a medical tourism

gulfnews.com - Dubai: The lack of medical skills and a long waiting period are a couple of the top reasons why residents travel abroad instead of seeking treatment within the UAE, according to the latest survey conducted by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Dubai Statics Centre. The findings, released

globalpost.com - Sitting in blue scrubs in a hospital room, plastic surgeon Christian Rivera ponders a potential sea change for this Central American country’s private hospitals, triggered by healthcare reform in the US. That’s because his profession thrives on uninsured US citizens looking for cheaper care abroad. So what happens

telegraph.co.uk - Surgery practice managers and ‘fixers’ have been secretly filmed selling access to doctors, enabling foreign nationals who have no legal right to free hospital treatment to be seen without paying. Although hospitals should check if foreign patients are entitled to free National Health Service (NHS) hospital care, Panorama found many