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Topic 7/ Day 4- Synergy between Medical Tourism and Spa Tourism Industries (click here to add comments)
Moderator: Camille Hoheb, Author & International Spa Advisor
Speakers: Cecille Billiet, Guatecare, Guatemala
- Drivers to both industries ~ Growing acceptance of medical options, lack of health insurance coverage/money and rise in patient education has increased the development of medical spas. Learn about the Spa shift from pampering to wellness and the influence of spas on other industries. Market opportunities for healthcare, anti-aging, medical spas and beauty industries to enable governments tourism agencies, tour operators , resorts and spas to market themselves in the healthcare industry. Evaluation of past, current and future market trends, major drivers, opportunities and obstacles.
Topic 6/ Day 4- Addressing Legal Issues ~ How does an employer, insurance company, TPA or health insurance agent protect themselves when it comes to offering Medical Tourism? (click here to add comments)
Moderator: Renee-Marie Stephano, General Counsel Medical Tourism Association
Speakers: Steve Weiner, Esq, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC,
- Reducing risk of liability, waivers, disclaimers and indemnification. Reducing risk of liability for insurers and employers in creating international networks. International Mediation, Arbitration and caps on damages as a means to reducing risk. Contract evaluation and negotiation for international providers.
Topic 5/ Day 4-Best Marketing Strategies for Hospitals in “Branding” (click here to add comments)
Speakers:Alex Piper, OneWorld Global Healthcare Solutions Formerly of Chrysler
- Marketing your international hospital or medical tourism company to insurance companies, employer groups and government organizations. Creating an international brand for your hospital. Campaigns for marketing and maximizing your marketing dollars in the right way to find a return on your investment.
Topic 4/ Day 4-European Healthcare at its Best for Medical Tourism (click here to add comments)
Moderator: Dr. Uwe Klein
Speakers: Mauro Batesteza, Barcelona Medical Centre; Catherine Fritch, Societe d’Assistance Medicale, France.
- Comprehensive healthcare services offered in concentrated areas where providers work in an integrated healthcare system. Impressions from a UK healthcare system. The importance of quality control programs and continuous training of staff are crucial factors in the exportation of healthcare. The new type of tourism opens a niche market where collaboration and coordination between experts and suppliers of the chain of healthcare services add the value that medical tourist are seeking. Hospitals are being transformed into healthcare businesses. What do these businesses need to cope with the future challenges to sustain increased quality and efficiency will determine their sustainability in the medical tourism market.
Topic 3/ Day 4- How do you Select an International Hospital for Insurance Companies and Claims Payors (click here to add comments)
Speakers:Jonathan Edelheit, President of Medical Tourism Association.
HOW TO CHOOSE AN INTERNATIONAL
HOSPITAL OR FACILITATOR
• International Hospital Accreditation
• International Patient Department
* Experience Dealing with International Patients
* Speaks language of Foreign Patients
* Hospital Staff on Board with Medical Tourism
• After Care Coordination
• Proper Medical Equipment
• Experience in Specific Surgeries
Believes in Transparency with Pricing and Quality
• Privacy
• Experience of Doctors & Surgeons
• Proper Disclosures of Legal Rights and Complications
• Country, Religion, Distance and other Considerations
• Coordinate Directly the Tourism Activities
Topic 2/ Day 4-Dental Tourism and the Affordable Options for Improving the Quality of Life (click here to add comments)
Speakers:Dr Rafael E. Lorenzana, El Selvador
- Combining dental visits and exams with wellness exams and other healthcare procedures. Offering dental coverage for your employees and insureds as a means of employee retention and reducing absenteeism. Employees are looking for benefit plans that can treat the whole person and with 120 Americans without dental coverage, international dental benefits, offered in conjunction with other healthcare coverage is a unique way to attract and retain employees and compliments the medical tourism programs you put in place for your clients.
Topic 1/ Day 4- High Quality of Healthcare in the Middle East (click here to add comments)
Moderator: Prem Jagyasi Speakers , Ilyas Benveniste, Acibadem Hospital,
Dr Abdullah Al-Bashir, Jordan Hospital
- The growing trend of combining healthcare with wellness tourism as a case study for Middle East. The Middle East as a consumer and provider of medical tourism services. Medical Tourism as an industry driver and lifecycle. Factors in identification of a target market and the GCC as a target market for medical tourism. Strategic marketing for the Middle East and GCC marketplace and personalized care. The success of such projects for western providers is not only dependent on their knowledge of the marketplace and economic factors, but the significant understanding of the intercultural dimensions and challenges.
Topic 9/ Day 3-The Rising Giants in Medical Tourism/ Latin American Healthcare (click here to add comments)
Moderator: Margaret Ball, Healthlinks International
Speakers: Ernesto Dieck Assad, Hospital San Jose Tec de Monterrey, Mexico; Daniel Vasquez Hospital Austral, Argentina, Dr gullermo Gonzalez- Prieto, Argentina, Dr Carlos Ramos Hinds, El Salvador
- Does Medical Tourism really provide a cost savings for insurance companies and employers? How international accreditation can raise the standard of healthcare in Latin American countries. Initiatives to position Latin American Hospitals in the global healthcare industry. Services that will take patients to Latin America for value of care. Impediments to medical tourism for Latin American countries.
Topic 8/ Day 3-The Implications of Medical Tourism in American Healthcare (click here to add comments)
Speakers: Joseph M. Heyman, MD, American Medical Association (AMA);
Dr Michael McGuire, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, APSP
Dr David Preble, American Dental Association
- This session will focus on the new AMA guidelines regarding medical tourism and the views regarding integration of international healthcare in the domestic insurance and employer marketplace. Views of medical associations about the implications of global healthcare strategies on domestic medicine.
