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This year, for the first time, the Congress will have a full integration with the Employer Healthcare and Benefits Congress (EHBC), which is one of the largest U.S. health insurance and health care conferences in the country.

Attendees of the 5th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress (WMT &GHC) will be able to share the exhibit hall, networking cocktail receptions and other special events with the attendees of the EHBC.

This means potentially over 1,000 employers, insurance agents and insurance companies all in the same place. With the opening of the networking software attendees will be able to take full advantage of this, and are now able to request one to one meetings with attendees from both conferences.

And, for those that are unsure of the correlation, all EHBC and WMT & GHC sessions will be open to all.

The reason for this integration is that medical tourism is more important than ever before, creating more economically viable healthcare solutions.

This is the one event per year where Ministers of Health, government officials, employers, self funded health plans, insurance companies, and medical tourism facilitators that are looking to outsource healthcare overseas have the opportunity to meet with top international hospitals and medical tourism companies in one place for the ultimate networking event.

The EHBC is made up of the following 4 integrated conferences: Corporate Wellness, Voluntary Benefits, Self Funding and Healthcare Reform. Each of these conferences will bring attendees in the following industries:

•U.S. Employers (Human Resources/Benefits Executives, Wellness Managers)
•Multinational Employers (Global Benefits Directors, Global Wellness Managers)
•Agents, Brokers, Consultants
•Global Benefits Providers
•TPA’s MGU’s and PBM’s
•Health and Wellness Providers
•Voluntary Benefits Providers
•U.S. and International Health Insurance Companies
•U.S. Health Insurance Administrator
•Technology/Software Companies
•Marketing Organizations
•Consulting Companies

For more information about the integration or registration, please send an e-mail to info@MedicalTourismCongress.com

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Frank Lasee is one of Wisconsin’s leading public policy voices, especially in the areas of healthcare and insurance. He has successfully worked in both the government and private sectors.

Frank’s 20 plus years of experience, include working in health insurance, business sales and real estate development as well as drafting healthcare and business development legislation.

Frank has in-depth knowledge of the U.S. medical delivery system, insurance law, medical tourism, and the ever-changing health insurance industry.

As a result of his longtime involvement with these issues, Frank aims to inform the public and provide solutions to today’s growing tension between private and public sector interests and various industry issues.

Frank’s wide scope of experience has given him a deep understanding of self-motivation, motivating others, managing people, positively handling adversity, creating win-win relationships, and maximizing personal and organizational potential.

Early in his career, Frank successfully sold business long distance services and fully integrated manufacturing computer systems. He has worked in management for a large health insurance company with over a billion dollars in revenues and with an international heavy equipment manufacturer. Frank currently serves in the Wisconsin State Senate.

Frank is happily married to Amy Joy Lasee, a public speaker in her own right. Together they are raising six wonderful daughters, ranging in age from 7 to 16.

Frank graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Frank is an avid lifelong learner and is passionate about public speaking, public policy, instructing, informing, and mentoring.

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This year, a few hundred thousand intrepid American travellers will head to places like Thailand and Costa Rica, in search of something that they can’t find in the United States.

They won’t be looking for Mayan ruins or ancient Buddhist temples, but something a bit more practical: affordable medical care. These medical tourists will be getting root canals, knee surgeries, and hip replacements at foreign hospitals.

If health-care costs in the U.S. keep rising—and especially if Obamacare is overturned by the Supreme Court—more of us may soon be joining them.

Blue Cross/Blue Shield has started a company called Companion Global Healthcare, which connects patients with hospitals around the world. Political events could also quickly make medical tourism considerably more attractive. If Obamacare is overturned, forty million Americans without insurance will stay that way.

If Medicaid and Medicare are cut sharply, the cost of American health care will eventually become prohibitive to many senior citizens. And if health-care costs keep soaring fewer employers will offer health insurance.

That doesn’t mean that Americans are soon going to jet halfway around the world for an ingrown toenail, but it’s easy to envisage regional systems becoming common, with Americans heading to places like Costa Rica and Mexico, and Western Europeans going to places like Hungary and Turkey.

If more Americans sought care abroad, it wouldn’t just save them money; it could also help control medical costs at home. Medical tourism can be considered a kind of import: instead of the product coming to the consumer, as it does with cars or sneakers, the consumer is going to the product.

More medical tourism would increase free trade in medical services, something there has not been much of in the past. The U.S. has been religious about breaking down barriers to free trade, especially in manufacturing and service industries, exposing ordinary workers to foreign competition. But health care has been insulated from the forces of globalization.

This has been great for hospitals and doctors, but less good for consumers. It’s one reason that the cost of health care has risen so much faster than that of almost everything else.

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San Diego, CA, April 13, 2012 –(PR.com)– Satori World Medical will be participating at the upcoming State and Local Government Benefits Association (SALGBA) Conference in Burlingame, CA on April 15-18, 2012.

The company will be exhibiting the latest innovations in global healthcare, also referred to as medical travel or medical tourism, and how this approach can lower public sector employers’ healthcare costs, while offering a benefit that their employees will value.

Satori World Medical is excited to be sharing its value statement to the municipalities that are attending the annual conference.

In addition, Steven Lash, President and CEO of Satori World Medical will be holding an insightful session on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 11:15am on the topic of “Why the Public Sector is Looking at Medical Travel to Lower Healthcare Costs & GASB 45 Liabilities.”

“Healthcare costs continue to escalate at a record rate and containing these costs has become a critical issue for public sector employers,” said Steven Lash, President and CEO, Satori World Medical.

“By offering a medical travel benefit, city and state municipalities can contain costs while offering their retiree populations a high-quality medical benefit option.”

SALGBA is a national organization for public sector benefits professionals.

The SALGBA annual conference is a gathering of executive directors, benefits administrators, as well as other benefits professionals looking for exhibits by medical, dental, and life insurance companies, third party administrators, and benefits consultants.

Visit Satori World Medical at booth #108 during the conference for a chance to win a Kindle Fire. To schedule an appointment to meet with a Satori team member during the conference, please contact sales@satoriworldmedical.com or call (619) 704-2000.

About Satori World Medical:

Satori World Medical’s Global Network™ is comprised of International Centers of Excellence with leading physician specialists.

Satori delivers all travel related services, while lowering overall medical expenses for both the patient and the plan sponsor.

Satori, through its patented Health & Shared Wealth Program™, is the only global network that can offer sharing of the savings, including a 100% medical benefit to insured patients that choose to have surgery outside the United States.

All physicians and medical facilities in the Satori Global Network™ are required to meet Satori’s rigorous quality standards which meet or exceed U.S. standards.

For more information on Satori World Medical, call +1 (866) 613-9686 or visit http://www.satoriworldmedical.com.

About Steven Lash:

Steven Lash is a frequent lecturer on healthcare trends, innovative healthcare strategies, medical travel, and employee health benefits at numerous industry seminars.

Mr. Lash has spoken at University of San Diego, Ahlers Center for International Business “Medical Travel: Globalization of the Healthcare Market,”

Health Care Globalization Summit on the topic of “The Economic Value Proposition For Adopting International Medical Coverage – Internal Corporate Cost Savings,” the World Health Care Congress on

“International Partnerships for Health Care Delivery Innovation,” the Financial Executive International San Diego Chapter, and the Employer Health & Human Capital Congress on “Employer Need to Knows for Incorporating Medical Tourism into Employee Benefit Design.”

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KARACHI:
“Every country, except Pakistan, is concerned with medical tourism,” say doctors, who bemoan the fact that our government is sleeping over a golden opportunity.

Medical tourism – a buzzword in global healthcare – is a term used to describe the worldwide trend of people travelling across international borders to obtain healthcare.

India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand and Dubai are some of the top destinations to where patients flock to to get better treatment.

Gynaecologist Sadiah Pal says there is no need for Pakistanis, at least, to travel abroad for treatment; she believes that Pakistan has specialists and high-quality hospitals where comparable care is available.

Pal says the cost for infertility treatment abroad can range between Rs2.5-3 million, while the same treatment in Pakistan costs around Rs0.2 million.

“Some patients who come from the US are those who don’t have insurance cover there; and so, they come here [for treatment],” she says.

She says the government, if it wants, can jump onto the medical tourism bandwagon and market it like other countries do.

“We too have the best doctors and hospitals. We just need to package it right; like it is being done in India. They throw in a sightseeing tour and a massage therapy session along with the treatment.”

Pakistan Medical Association Sindh President Dr Samrina Hashmi says there is huge potential for Pakistan in becoming a hub for medical tourism, like so many other countries in its neighbourhood.

“Already, a number of patients from places such as the Middle East, UK and US seek a range of treatments in Pakistan; these include cardiac surgery, infertility treatments and cosmetic surgery,” she says.

Costs for treatment in Pakistan are more than 50% of what doctors and hospitals charge abroad, she explains. At the moment, most foreign patients who come here for treatment are of Pakistani origin.

In the past, a sizable number of such globe-trotting patients came here for kidney transplants. “However, these cases have gone down since legislation came into place to regulate the illegal trade of selling kidneys,” she says.

Hashmi says medical tourism can be a huge opportunity for Pakistan if the government focuses on key issues. “Just improve the security situation here, and you’ll see that people from all over the world will skip places like Thailand to seek healthcare in Pakistan.”

Liaqat National Hospital’s plastic surgeon Dr Shehab Beg says he receives about 50 patients per year from abroad.

“Most of them come for plastic surgery; such as liposuction and hair transplantation.”

Liposuction can cost between Rs0.7-0.8 million abroad, while the same procedure here can be done within Rs0.2 million, he says.

“Pakistan, too, can give the world a tough competition in medical tourism,” Beg says. He echoes Hashmi in saying that unless the law and order situation in the country is improved, the business side of the health industry may not grow.

“Already, a number of health professionals have left the country to work in hospitals abroad. They could have done the same work here in Pakistan, if only the situation here had been better.”

‘Foreign Agents’
In fact, in Pakistan, some doctors work as agents for foreign hospitals; earning commissions if they send affluent Pakistani patients for treatment to their patron hospitals.

One such agent is a man who calls himself Dr Mian Atif Fayaz. He has set up an office for the Thailand-based Bumrungrad International hospital in Lahore. His ads for the hospital are currently doing rounds over the internet and email.

When a reporter from The Express Tribune dialled the office’s number posing as a potential patient, Dr Mian Atif Fayaz – who answered the phone himself – said that not only had he set up a regional office for the international hospital in Lahore, but was also the managing director of globalhealthtravel.pk, a web-based company.

The Thai hospital, he claimed, provided healthcare for all types of illnesses. He asked for patient reports to be sent over to him via email, which he would then forward to the hospital abroad.

He explained the expenses would include a ‘nominal processing fee’ and a detailed breakdown of the cost of seeking treatment at the hospital would be provided to the hospital. He added that treatment expenses increase depending on the type of rooms and degree of comfort one sought at the hospital.

Doctors say there is nothing illegal about marketing for hospitals based abroad, but it hurts their clientele base.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/365757/untapped-market-can-pakistan-become-a-hub-for-medical-tourism/

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Explore Our Educational Tracks, featuring topics such as international accreditation process and requirements, country successful medical tourism case studies, best practices for successful medical tourism marketing, comparison of care cost in different countries, insurance options for those in Medical Tourism business among other relevant and current topics.

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Medical Tourism Congress attendees will have for the first time access to pre-schedule networking meetings with senior U.S. healthcare and insurance leaders attending the Employer Healthcare & Benefits Congress.
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West Palm Beach, United States – The Medical Tourism Association (MTA) is pleased to announce the creation of a Spa and Wellness Track at the 3rd Annual World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress, September 22-24th, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

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West Palm Beach, (PR.com)– The Medical Tourism Association has released an exclusive video of Jonathan Edelheit, CEO of Medical Tourism Association, discussing the Healthcare Reform’s Affect on the Medical Tourism industry. Edelheit addressed the topic at the 1st Global Healthcare & Medical Tourism Conference Korea, April 13-15th in Seoul, Korea.

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The Medical Tourism Magazine has launched an informational website and center containing updates on Healthcare Reform’s affect on Medical Tourism. The healthcare reform updates will provide the latest information and provisions of the healthcare reform legislation as it pertains to the Medical Tourism Industry.

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The Medical Tourism Association and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute are organizing the first Asia Global Healthcare & Medical Tourism Conference in Seoul, Korea, April 13-15th, 2010 with up to 800 attendees, bringing in employers, international insurers and medical tourism facilitators to view the top quality of Asian healthcare and network with Asian Healthcare Providers.

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