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Constellation Communications & Events, an Indian arm of Lifeline Healthcare, Dubai is organizing a Two Day Certificate Program for medical tourism professionals at the Hotel Holiday Inn in Mumbai on June 1-2, 2012.

Constellation Communications & Events has roped in speaker, trainer, and chartered consultant Dr Prem Jagyasi to conduct this workshop.

The timings for the workshop will be from 10 AM – 5 PM and the fee for the workshop is Rs 10,000,

This Course aims to provide numerous benefits for the tourism sector including an opportunity to understand,the connecting thread between Tourism & Medical Tourism industry.

Marketing and branding tips for organisations among the right audiences, learning key strategies while making marketing plan for better business development through international patients travelling to India.

An pportunity to meet hospitals and medical tourism companies to understand the feasibility of joint venture with them, gain insights on legal & ethical issues involved in Medical Tourism as well as learn how to overcome the challenges involved in business development while dealing with international patients.

http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/dr-prem-jagyasi-to-conduct-twoday-certificate-workshop-on-medical-tourism-in-june-2012-16499

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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

http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/newsletter/68/the-world-medical-tourism-global-healthcare-congress-has-opened-the-door-to-the-employer-healthcare-and-benefits-congress-for-2012.html

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The difference between a trade and a profession is defined by the self regulation. The so called ethical restraint differentiates a job and adds value as a profession.

The medical profession has earned this trust by centuries of ethical practise by the profession in general.

Granted, that there are few bad apples, but still the statistics overwhelmingly support the above view.

The medical tourism, although not a new profession as we think, is certainly not yet yet in the stage of self regulation yet.

This is partly due to the Internet based approach by the profession. Many medical tourism companies are none but a bunch of sales people selling cheap surgeries.

Now, how can we think of enforcing ethics with this opportunistic group of people?

The first step could be facilitated by initiating the changes in the management. Unless that company is run by people who has deep understanding of the current global health care system and are willing to follow ethics, this goal will be far from reality.

Mr. Bob Talasila, the founder of the World Medical and Surgical LLC remarks- ” We see these temptations everyday- but it is the genuine concern for the patient and identifying the professional ethics with your self respect is the way to go.

You need to have formal education and professional pride to accomplish that. Unfortunately, you can’t expect that with most medical tourism companies.

http://worldmedicalandsurgical.blogspot.com/2012/04/medical-tourism-company-and-ethics.html

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When U.S. Supreme Court justices question lawyers on the constitutionality of President Obama’s 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, there is at least one industry that won’t be feeling particularly nervous about the outcome: medical tourism companies.

That’s because, whatever happens, the companies—which arrange foreign surgeries or other medical procedures at top-rated facilities (along with the travel, accommodations and the occasional tourism itinerary) with savings of up to 70 to 80% of what they would cost in the U.S.—already have a strong and ever-growing clientele, most serving several thousand people a year.

“Obamacare is not going to affect us, because it doesn’t say what insurance companies can charge you,” says Geoff Moss of Planet Hospital, a 2002-founded company that sends people abroad for everything from tummy tucks and breast augmentations to hip replacements and kidney transplants.

“Let’s say you work flipping hamburgers and have a preexisting heart condition. Blue Cross can say, sure, that’ll be $1,000 a month.”

At the similarly structured Med Retreat, managing director Patrick Marsek (who also authored The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Medical Tourism) adds that, if Obamacare sticks, the remaining problem won’t even be just a cost issue, but one of access.

“You’re going to have 50 million people minimum coming into the healthcare system,” he says, “and when it comes to getting treatment, you’re going to have to wait in line.”

Enter medical tourism—where the world is your oyster, apparently, when it comes to getting all sorts of affordable, high-quality medical care.

“Cosmetic procedures seem to be what started the whole [medical tourism] industry,” Marsek says. “But, through the years, the number of uninsured and underinsured Americans started to grow, and now it’s orthopedic, cardiac and everything else.”

So where are the top destinations among Americans seeking affordable medical care? We worked with Moss and Marsek—two of the leaders in the field, who help guide thousands of Americans overseas each year for medical treatments—to come up with our list (which is not ranked, but in alphabetical order).

Singapore and Thailand are favorites. “Bumrungrad is the crown jewel of medical tourism,” Marsek says, referring to Bumrungrad International Hospital, just west of Bangkok, known for procedures including coronary artery bypass grafts, hip replacements and spinal fusions. In general, he adds, the best pricing will be found in Southeast Asia, including Singapore.

“They don’t have problems with malpractice, and the prices reflect that.” Costa Rica is a popular choice for being closer to home, as is Mexico—particularly for dental work and surgeries including knee and hip replacements.

Japan and Korea rank high for offering extremely advanced cancer treatments, plus top-notch orthopedic work. And India is always a low-cost, high-quality option—for oncology, cardio, neuro and orthopedic surgeries, as well as for fertility treatments and surrogacy.

The issue there, both Moss and Marsek agree, is that dealing with India is a huge culture shock for most Americans.

But the bottom line, according to Moss, is this: “There are over 52 million Americans without health insurance. So if you are one of those people and need a life-changing procedure, it could cost you $125,000, and you may have to sell everything you own to have surgery.

But if I told you there was a U.S. Board–certified, JCI-accredited hospital in India that could do it for $15,000, you’d probably be on the next flight out.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/bethgreenfield/2012/03/25/top-spots-for-medical-tourism-no-matter-what-supreme-court-rules-on-obamacare/

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Excelsior Indian Healthcare is one of the leading medical tourism companies provides affordable and low cost gastric bypass surgery to the patients across the border. Excelsior Indian Healthcare offers the patients with the services of vastly experienced and abroad expertise obesity surgeons of India. International patients especially from UK and USA come in abundance to India to get the surgery done in India.

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With President Obama’s crusade for lower health costs in full swing, many Americans are left wondering where they’ll find quality treatment.

The answer is likely south – as in, yes, Mexico – but trends indicate the border-crossing phenomenon may also be growing at home.

There was a time when traveling across the border for prescription drugs or dental treatment – much less a surgical procedure – meant returning with a botched boob job or worse, but many U.S. tourism companies are taking the plunge, sending their clients to Mexico, Costa Rica and beyond for medical treatments that rival those at American hospitals at half or even one-third of the cost.

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As Congress wrangles to craft meaningful health care reform to deliver to President Obama by mid-summer, consensus has emerged on three fronts: reform is no longer an option, the economy is inextricably linked to reducing the cost of health care, and whatever form the overhaul takes will require years, perhaps decades, to implement and fund.

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