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

The Medical Travel Commission™ (MTC) has announced that Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center is MTC 2012 Certified, and meets the Commission's International Patient Program criteria for 2012. The International Patient Program Certification is designed to recognize organizations that provide extraordinary, best-in-class service to patients traveling across international borders for care. The

Mercury Advisory Group has developed a five- to seven-year public-private partnership project in Cuidad Juarez, Mexico, according to company CEO Dr. Maria K. Todd. “We will call upon our 65 advisers over the next five to seven years to help bring this project to fruition. Other similar projects are on the horizon

As the first hospital in Jordan and the Middle East, Ibn Al-Haytham Hospital located in Amman received the Temos Certificates "Quality in International Patients' Care" and "Excellence in Medical Tourism" for its high-class medical, non-clinical and technical services offered for national and international patients. The two experts of the Temos

Three years ago Sam Shallenberger, CFO of RJ Young, a $100 million equipment and leasing company based in Nashville, TN was faced with a dilemma plaguing many American employers: How to provide affordable healthcare coverage to its 450 employees. When he asked his then-broker for advice he got a bad news/good news

fiercehealthcare.com - The Joint Commission's second annual report on quality and safety recognized 620 hospitals as top performers for achieving excellence on quality care metrics, a more than 50 percent increase from last year's list, The Joint Commission announced today. Despite adding 215 hospitals, notable academic medical centers still failed to make the Joint

voxy.co.nz - A University of Canterbury (UC) lecturer is concerned about the booming medial tourism industry, combining cosmetic or dental surgery with an overseas holiday, because of the future of medical services and health security. UC Professor Michael Hall, editor of a recently released book on international medical tourism, said

Brookline, Massachusetts - 1 October 2012 - Elizabeth Ziemba, President of Medical Tourism Training, Inc. has been invited to participate with Stackpole & Associates in the project to conduct a national "Medical Tourism Market Analysis" for ProExport Colombia. The country has invested substantial sums of money in improving and expanding its health care

Nearly 90 tourism facilitators, health tourism organizations and health insurance companies from 18 countries gathered at the Centara Grand at CentralWorld in Bangkok for the "Thailand Medical & Wellness Tourism Trade Fam Trip 2012" organized by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). TAT Governor Suraphon Svetasreni said, "The Thailand Medical