San Mateo, CA - Andreini & Company, one of the largest privately-held insurance brokerage firms, has named Jim DiFalco as vice president of Sales for their Employee Benefits Captive Services Division. Jim will be part of Andreini's Employee Benefits practice building upon the firm's already dominant position in the Captive

Editor's Note: Recently journalist David Breen of the Orlando Sentinel was compiling a story on medical travel. In the course of his research, Breen reached out to Medical Travel Today's publisher Laura Carabello for comment. An excerpt of his story and a link to the complete piece follows below. Patients who want to have their surgery

Patients Beyond Borders: Dubai Healthcare City Edition First edition addressing medical tourism in the Middle East to be introduced at Arabian Travel Market conference Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) and Healthy Travel Media are pleased to announce the official release of Patients Beyond Borders: Dubai Healthcare City Edition, which will be published in

MedPageToday.com - The Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert about risks, including death, associated with endovascular treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) based on the controversial theory that the disease is caused or exacerbated by blocked cerebrospinal veins. Called chronic cerebrospinal vascular insufficiency (CCSVI), the theory has polarized the

Arabnews.com - Germany has become one of the key destinations for tourists from Gulf countries. Munich received 120,000 arrivals from the Gulf Cooperation Council last year and over 70 percent of the tourists were there for medical treatment," said Frank Hell, General Manager, Charles Hotel in Munich. With a high

New York, NY (May 10, 2012) - CapsulePen, the brainchild of Joseph Cote (serial entrepreneur and former Founder of Dance.com), hit Kickstarter (watch the video here: http://kck.st/JgHSHy) on May 9 and changes the way medication and supplement takers carry their capsules. CapsulePen is a pill box shaped like a pen, a

Travelmarketreport.com - A new study predicts that much of the growth in medical travel will be focused in three niches - dental, cosmetic and fertility services. The 2012 Medical Tourism Facts and Figures study, released recently by the International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ), also predicts that medical tourism's growth will be primarily

"We're not considering this a medical tourism facility." "... we intend to offer cost-effective treatment for the citizens of the US and also (those) who are under-insured." Stltoday.com - Ascension Health Alliance executives say their joint venture to build a $2 billion "health city" in the Cayman Islands with an

http://blogs.vancouversun.com - Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is consistently ranked as America's best. As a brand, it doesn't get any better. It has a global arm (Johns Hopkins International) so it can share its intellectual talent pool. Those are just two of the reasons the Westbank First Nation (WFN) wants it on board for Canada's first $125 million,

HighRoads, the industry leader in SaaS-enabled (software as a service) healthcare compliance and benefits management, and Sullivan, Cotter and Associates, Inc. (SullivanCotter), a nationally-recognized compensation and human resource management consulting firm, find that 55 percent of hospitals and health systems anticipate a drop in revenue as a result of the