Dear Colleagues, Medical travel allows individuals to access quality healthcare treatment, surgery and specialty Rx drugs at highly affordable costs outside the US. These options provide people with many benefits, enabling individuals to get care that they could not afford in their home country. This includes people who lack insurance or
From the Editor
Volume 3, Issue 6: Joe Donovan, Chief Executive Officer, The Difference Card, Discusses Providing Cost-Saving Employee Benefit Solutions
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to share my article titled, “Future-Forward Improvements in Quality Healthcare,” for the March issue of The Self Insurer. Please find this article in the Self-Insurer section of our website, where you can access my monthly articles written for the publication. This issue brings you Joe Donovan, Chief
Volume 3, Issue 5: Blake Allison, Chief Executive Officer, Employers Health Network (EHN), Discusses the Value of High-Performance Networks and EHN Solutions
Dear Colleagues, I hope your February is going well! I’m excited to share my article titled, “Long COVID is Real: New Chronic Condition Impacts Self-insured Community,” featured in the February issue of The Self Insurer! Please find this article in the Self-Insurer section of our website, where you can access my
Volume 3, Issue 4: Victor S Dorodny, MD, ND, PhD, MPH (Chief Wisdom Officer @ DrDorodny.com) Discusses the Importance of Mental Health Access for Underserved Groups in the U.S.
Volume 3, Issue 3: Graham Dodge, Founder, Garnish Health, Discusses How He Created a Health Cost Sharing Network to Help People Afford Medical Bills
Volume 2, Issue 24: Susan Torroella, CEO & President, ArmadaHealth Discusses Connecting Patients with the Right Doctor According to their Specific Needs and Preferences
Dear Colleagues, Rising costs and inflation are affecting medical patients and have resulted in Americans travelling outside of the U.S. to receive medical and dental treatment. It is reported that more than 787,000 Americans are expected to seek treatment outside the country this year, exceeding pre-pandemic levels. This issue brings you Susan
Volume 2, Issue 23: Professor Yunkap Kwankam, Chairman, Board of Directors, and Dr. Thais Russomano, Member Telenethealth Advisory Board, Telenethealth, Discuss the Ability to Remotely Capture Data, Monitor Health and Capture Information from Any Medical Device
Dear Colleagues, I am thrilled to share that I had the opportunity to participate in a Congressional Briefing last week on behalf of the American Macular Degeneration Foundation. Sponsored by the Eye and Vision Research Institute and held at the Rayburn Congressional Office Building, this event brought together leading scientific researchers, the
Volume 2, Issue 22: Adam Brodsky, M.D., CardiacSense, Discusses Improving Outcomes Through Noninvasive, Long-Term Heart Monitoring Device
Dear Colleagues, According to a survey from the British Dental Association, an increasing number of dental patients in the UK are travelling to foreign countries to seek dental treatment. However, the association is urging dental care travelers to educate themselves on the risks and alternatives before deciding to receive treatment abroad. This
Volume 2, Issue 21: Michael Tu, Founder and CEO, Everyplace Labs Discusses Unique, Automated Self-Service Diagnostic Kiosk For Congregate Living Settings and Worksites
Dear Colleagues, The U.S. is a hot spot for medical tourists each year with patients often paying for expensive medical procedures out of their own pockets. However, the pandemic’s travel restrictions caused $1.9 billion of medical tourism revenue to be eliminated in 2020 and 2021, new research shows. This issue brings you
Volume 2, Issue 20: Sergio Fonda, President and Founder, and Matteo Confalonieri, CEO, IppocraTech, Discuss the Use of Non-Invasive Medical Device for the Simultaneous Measurement of the Five Vital Parameters
Dear Colleagues, I am excited to share my recent article titled, “Full Speed Ahead for International and US Domestic Medical Travel,” featured in the August issue of The Self Insurer! With the requirement for travelers to test negative for COVID-19 before entering the U.S. being lifted, the medical travel industry is