travelbizmonitor.com - Maldivian, the national carrier of Maldives, has signed a pact with the Chennai-headquartered Apollo Hospitals to give discounts to each others' clients, thus promoting medical tourism in India, as per The Hindu Business Line report. For example, Apollo Hospitals will give a discount on its service charges for

by Laura Carabello, Executive Editor and Publisher, Medical Travel Today With President Barack Obama reaffirmed for four more years, the medical travel community can expect an uptick of interest and support from American employers and consumers. The fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is now more secure. Since it is

The retailer joins the ranks of companies sending employees to hospitals far from home in the name of less expensive and better care. ama-assn.org - A small but growing number of US corporations are offering their insured employees the option of undergoing certain procedures at highly ranked health systems across

In Issue 20 of Medical Travel Today we introduced Sam Shallenberger of RJ Young, a $100 million equipment and leasing company based in Nashville, Tenn. Like many US companies, RJ Young faces the challenge of providing affordable healthcare coverage to its 450 employees. Currently RJ Young offers a high deductible

khaleejtimes.com - Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCA), under the guidance of its Chairperson, Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday announced changes to

How much is good healthcare worth to you? $8,233 per year? That's how much the US spends per person. Worth it? That figure is more than two and a half times more than most developed nations in the world, including relatively rich European countries like France, Sweden and the United

As a tertiary care hospital, Mediterraneo Hospital in Athens, Greece, received the Temos Certificate “Quality in International Patients' Care” and fulfills the Temos quality criteria on the medical and non-clinical service level with top grades. Dr. Georgia Dragini, CEO and vice president of the Board of Mediterraneo Hospital commented: “The

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