cmonfils | January 17, 2012
During the past year, Lowe’s Companies paid for 38 employees or their dependents, including three children, to travel to Cleveland Clinic for heart surgery that was fully covered by health insurance with no co-pays or deductibles. PepsiCo announced on Dec. 8, 2011, that a similar arrangement will be available for their employees to travel to Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore for care.
cmonfils | December 30, 2011
Last week’s news that PepsiCo will cover certain medical travel costs for nearly 250,000 domestic employees will open more doors for travel agents looking to serve medical travelers, according to experts active in the niche.
Under a new agreement with Johns Hopkins, PepsiCo will now cover medical and travel costs for employees and dependents who elect to have certain surgeries at the Baltimore medical facility. The soft drink giant will waive deductibles and coinsurance for those employees, it said.
cmonfils | August 15, 2011
Click on the link below for a July 2011 article on Medical tourism and its role in a self-funded employer program. It is fast and good reading.
cmonfils | April 8, 2011
www.washingtonpost.com By Manoj Jain, Monday, April , 5:46 PM
When my father had a toothache, he saw a dentist in Boston who recommended a root canal and dental crown costing about $2,000. He decided to wait until he was in India, his native land, for holidays and had the procedure done there for $200. Extremely satisfied with the service and the price, my mother decided to have her two front teeth replaced, eliminating a wide gap that tarnished her smile, and estimated she had saved $3,000. (more…)
cmonfils | March 24, 2011
Please see the following link to a 60 Minutes story that was recently aired regarding Medical Tourism (Medical Travel). Steve Lash, Satori World Medical.
Adam V. Russo | July 9, 2010
By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News
When John McNally needed a knee-replacement operation, his employer, Alpha Coal West, offered to pay his travel expenses if he would have the surgery in Fort Collins, Colo., a five-hour drive from his home near Gillette, Wyo.
The Colorado surgery center had data showing good results with such operations, and it charged far less than the hospital in Gillette. Despite feeling “every bump on the way back,” McNally was so pleased with the outcome of the operation that he returned to Colorado a few months later to have his other knee done. (more…)
Adam V. Russo | May 26, 2010
By Victor Lazzaro, Jr.
It’s important to examine the health care reform bill and how it will impact medical travel going forward. First, it should be understood that two bills passed on that historic March, 23, 2010 – the Senate bill and the “reconciliation” measure that changes significant aspects of the first bill. Depending on the outcome of subsequent changes “fixes” will probably continue for months, if not years, to come. One area that was not substantially crossed addressed in this legislation was structural cost reduction or pricing and quality transparency – akey advantage to using a medical travel facilitator. (more…)
