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Medical Tourism Seminar:
"How to Effectively Use Medical Travel to Lower Employer Healthcare
Costs While Offering Excellence in Care"
This Conference will be dedicated to US employers, Associations, Insurers, Third Party Administrators (TPAs), Municipalities, Health Insurance Agents, Consultants.
An International Health Care Network Model That Provides Access To High Quality Medical Services At Prices That Are 60% To 70% Of Comparative Us Prices Serving The Needs Of Insurers, Health Plans And Self Funded Employers.
· Welcome remarks and introduction of Panelists (By: Marisol Wesson, President of DiscoverMedWorld Medical).
· Medical Travel is Booming & Here's Why ( Brad Cook, Director International, Biblica Hospital)
· Medical Tourism is an exciting new benefit that many insurance agents, employers and insurers are looking at in the US as a way to make insurance premiums more affordable for employees while providing employees an alternative option for high quality healthcare
· A One Stop Shopping Model and the role of the Medical Travel Facilitator (By Marisol Wesson, President DiscoverMedWorld Medical) This Presentation will address the primary and significant issues surrounding patients crossing borders for healthcare services.
· The US Health Insurance Industry response to Medical Tourism ( Speaker: Blue Cross Blue Shield of GA)
· Implementing Medical Travel into Self Funded Health Insurance Plans( Brad Cook, Director International Dept, Biblica Hospital ) A guide on how to implement medical tourism into a fully insured or self funded health plan. We will analyze the potential cost savings, healthcare quality, importance of accreditation, choosing hospitals and medical tourism facilitators, aftercare options, employee education, etc.
· How Costa Rica is leading the way in Medical Tourism in Latin America (Massimo Manzi, Director PROMED, Government Medical Travel in Costa Rica- a role model in Medical Travel). Next Steps and Conclusions
October 24, 2011 from 8:30am to 12:00 pm
WORLD TRADE CENTER ATLANTA
303 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30308
Registration-$25 per registrant
Who are the Speakers:
Brad Cook launched a Medical Tourism initiative with an aggressive service oriented model that has helped position Hospital Clinica Biblica as one of the top medical destinations in Latin America. Brad is a pioneer in the field of international insurance billing and collections in Latin America having provided this service for Hospital Clinica Biblica and its physicians for the past 15 years. Bill brings extensive expertise in patient case management and now they facilitate case management for the interna- tional departments of all major private medical centers in Costa Rica. Mr. Cook successful international patient program has been viewed as a model for other hospitals in Latin America who are implementing a medical tourism program of their own and he is often contacted by hospitals and governments as a consultant.
Marisol Wesson serves as Director and President of DiscoverMedWorld, specializes in serving the needs of Insurers, Health Plans and Self Funded Employers, through an integrated model that allows Health Plans to offer immediate access to high quality care and provide more coverage at a lower cost. She is a recognized International Business expert, a speaker in International Business and a well known Consultant focusing on developing markets for major US Corporations and business turnaround strategic management. She has managed the startup of manufacturing and service companies in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico. She received a BA in International Business Management at Manchester Metropolitan University, England and earned an MBA in International Marketing and Business Management from the University of Science and Technology (ULACIT). She is a member of the Board of Directors of the World Trade Center and a former member of the Board of Directors of the National Children's Hospital in Costa Rica.
Massimo Manzi, Executive Director of both PROMED, the Council for International Promotion of Costa Rica Medicine and PRORETIRE, the Costa Rica Association of Retirement Communities. Former Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica during President Pacheco Administration (2004-2006) and Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Competitiveness of Costa Rica during President Arias Administration (2006-2010)
dire...@promedcostarica.com
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Lilia Postolachi
  
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