Dear Colleagues: In this exclusive interview, Paul Elsass, Senior Vice President Business Development, Vivante Health, discusses a coordinated care model for digital health in the digestive disease space. This issue brings you the recent partnership of Avizia and VeeMed, CMS’s consideration of a direct provider contracting model and How Zika could be
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SPOTLIGHT: Paul Elsass, Senior Vice President Business Development, Vivante Health
Volume 3, Issue 7: Industry News
PRESS RELEASE: AVIZIA AND VEEMED PARTNER TO ENABLE SEAMLESS, POWERFUL TELEHEALTH PROGRAMS RESTON, Va. & SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Avizia, powering system-wide telehealth, has announced its partnership with VeeMed, a leading provider of physician services for telehealth. The partnership aligns Avizia’s system-wide telehealth platform with VeeMed’s provider services for
Volume 3, Issue 6: Renata Castro, Esq, Castro Legal Group, Highlights the Legal Ramifications of Medical Tourism
Dear Colleagues: In this exclusive interview, Renata Castro, Esq, Castro Legal Group, discusses how increased medical tourism to the U.S. has impacted immigration laws. This issue brings you the stories of the unsung heroes of medical travel: caregivers, UnitedHealthcare's expansion of direct-to-consumer pharmacy discounts to millions of Americans, FlightMedx's plans to expand
SPOTLIGHT: Renata Castro, founder of Castro Legal Group
About Renata Castro, Esq. Renata Castro, Esq. is a vibrant attorney who graduated from the prestigious Nova Southeastern University School of Law in Davie, Florida and admitted to practice by the Florida Bar. Founder of the Castro Legal Group, in Pompano Beach, Florida, Renata focuses her practice in Immigration Matters. Born
Volume 3, Issue 6: Industry News
MEDICAL TRAVEL COMPANIONS: THE UNSUNG CAREGIVERS By: Laura Carabello Wphealthcarenews.com - Among those who travel across the country or around the world to seek affordable, quality healthcare, 83 percent travel with a companion. Whether undergoing treatments or recovery, the physical and moral support that these caregiver/companions bring to medical travel
Volume 3, Issue 5: Tim Isenhower, Director of Benefits, HSM – Pioneer of the Medical Travel Phenomenon
Dear Colleagues: This month, I invite you to read about Tim Isenhower, Director of Benefits, HSM, who with 25 years of experience, shares the exciting direction being taken by HSM’s self-insured health insurance. In this exclusive interview, we learn why HSM is more likely to send their employees and patients to Cancun
SPOTLIGHT: Tim Isenhower, Director of Benefits, HSM
About Tim Isenhower Tim Isenhower, Director of Benefits – has worked with HSM and their self-insured health insurance for the past 25 years. Managing a self-insured health plan through the 90’s to today has provided him the opportunity to think out of the box for reduced healthcare cost programs including direct
Volume 3, Issue 5: Industry News
LEARN FROM THE MASTERS IN DATA-DRIVEN HEALTHCARE PURCHASING: 2018 HEALTH DATAPALOOZA Lisa Woods, Sr. Director Health Care Benefits Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Robert S. Mecklenburg, MD Medical Director, Center for Health Care Solutions Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington Ruth Coleman, RN, MA Founder Health Design Plus MODERATOR Laura Carabello CPR Strategic Marketing Communications Editor & Publisher: www.medicaltraveltoday.com Thursday, April 26, 2018 10:45–12:00 Washington Hilton, Washington,
Health Datapalooza: Largest US Domestic Employer Travel Surgery Programs — April 26, 2018
LEARN FROM THE MASTERS IN DATA-DRIVEN HEALTHCARE PURCHASING: 2018 HEALTH DATAPALOOZA Lisa Woods, Sr. Director Health Care Benefits Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Robert S. Mecklenburg, MD Medical Director, Center for Health Care Solutions Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington Ruth Coleman, RN, MA Founder Health Design Plus MODERATOR Laura Carabello CPR Strategic Marketing Communications Editor & Publisher: www.medicaltraveltoday.com and www.usdomesticmedicaltravel.com Thursday, April 26, 2018 10:45–12:00