Medical Korea 2011: The 2nd Global Healthcare & Medical Tourism Conference of Korea.
On-line registration will be opened on Jan. 21 (Fri), 2011.
It will be available through the official website: www.medical-korea.org
Please contact secretariat if you have any questions: info@medical-korea.org

Bupa International and JCI Develop Quality Assurance Programme.
Leading expatriate health insurer, Bupa International, has developed a quality assurance programme for its 7,500 recognised providers worldwide with the assistance of Joint Commission International (JCI), the world’s leading international healthcare accreditation body. The programme will reassure Bupa International customers that they have [...]

Jeff Turney of USNOW and Ross Pendergraft, President of the Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters presented the first Free Medical Tourism Webinar Educational Series by the Medical Tourism Association on June 24th 2009.
USNOW is one of the leading providers of limited medical health insurance plans. Jerry Turney talked about his experience with USNOW, why [...]

Three Medical Tourism Facilitator Members of the Medical Tourism Association (MTA) are the first medical tourism facilitators to enter into agreements with insurance companies and marketers of insurance products to offer medical tourism facilitators to their members and participants.
MTA Members on the Move.
The Move is On. Three Medical Tourism Facilitator Members of the Medical Tourism [...]

Most insurers balk at covering medical procedures performed overseas, but some are exploring the option. Twenty years ago, an American needing knee surgery probably wouldn’t think of jetting off to India for the operation. But times keep changing, health insurance costs keep rising, and Kumar Jagadeesan can cite a statistic that has led many patients to jump aboard a plane.

Patients in the EU may in future choose to shop around Europe for the best and quickest medical treatment, under proposals presented by the European Commission. The proposals will be subject to lengthy discussion and probably changes before becoming law.

Why has the Commission unveiled this package now?
The Commission says there has been too much [...]