DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6sm9tv/the_potential_of_d) has announced the addition of the "The Potential of Domestic US Medical Travel" report to their offering.
An essential independent guide for employers, hospitals, insurers, insurance brokers, employee benefits consultants, travel agencies, medical tourism agencies, consultants, and official bodies.
An independent report by writer and researcher Ian Youngman- a specialist business writer on medical tourism, insurance, health and business. Author of; Medical Tourism Facts and Figures 2012' and 'The Health Insurance Opportunity-a worldwide study of private health insurance.
Much has been written on Americans going abroad for medical treatment, and less on people going to the USA for treatment. But the promised millions of Americans going abroad for medical treatment has not happened. Most employers and insurers who looked at medical tourism have turned against sending people abroad.
There is a new trend that insurers, employers, hospitals and specialists are happy with; domestic US medical travel where people go to another state for treatment. This trend is under the radar, with some parts of the medical tourism industry playing it down as it makes their services harder to sell.
Ian Youngman's The Potential of Domestic US Medical Travel is the first major independent research report into this subject. The report looks at all aspects of the history, current activity and future potential of the subject.
It looks at how organised domestic medical travel has risen from other attempts at insurer and employer paid outbound medical tourism; cross-border schemes; and why hospitals may find domestic medical travel more attractive than inbound medical travel.
Ian Youngman comments, The big difference between domestic medical travel and other medical tourism is the involvement of leading hospitals, employee benefit consultants, agencies, brokers and travel agents. It is professionally organised and cuts out those scores of tiny new amateur businesses that thought they could make a quick buck from medical tourism.
Key Topics Covered:
INTRODUCTION
MEDICAL TOURISM
- What is a medical tourist?
- Official figures
- Factors affecting US medical tourism in 2012 and later
- Medical tourism hospitals
- The pursuit of quality
- The myths
- What is medical tourism?
- Domestic medical tourism
RESEARCH
- Deloitte 2009
- Deloitte 2010
- Deloitte 2011
- Deloitte 2012
- Journal of General Internal Medicine 2010
- Mercer 2011
- University of South Carolina
- Ypartnership 2010
BACKGROUND
- US outbound medical tourism
- US inbound medical tourism
- Inbound research project
- US healthcare reform and medical tourism
- New national strategy on travel and tourism
- US Cooperative for International Patient Programs
CROSS-BORDER HEALTHCARE
- Cross-border USA-Mexico schemes
- Cross-border healthcare for Texan employers
- Cross-border healthcare for Californian employers
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California
- Cigna
- Delta Dental of Arizona
- Delta Dental of California
- Health Net- Salud con Health Net
- PacifiCare
- Sekure Healthcare
- SIMNSA Medicos Nacionales
- Puerto Rico
INSURANCE COMPANIES AND MEDICAL TOURISM
- US insurers and outbound and domestic medical tourism
- AHIP
- Aetna
- Basic Plus
- Blue Cross/ Blue Shield Of South Carolina
- Cigna
- Companion Global Dental
- Companion Global Healthcare
- Employee Benefit Management Services
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Korea Medical Travel Benefit
- Medicare/Medicaid
- National Health Options
- Pinnacle Health
- Plan Benefit Services
- Planethospital
- Takecare
- United Group Programs
- Unitedhealth
- Unitedhealthcare
- USNow
- Wellpoint /Anthem Blue Cross
- Westport/SwissRe
INSURANCE BROKERS AND DOMESTIC MEDICAL TRAVEL
- Introduction
- Mercer
- Wells Fargo
COMPARING COSTS
- Introduction
- Insurer systems
- Castlight Health
- Health In Reach
- Medibid
- New Choice Health
- Online Medical Tourism
- OutofPocket
MEDICAL TOURISM AGENCIES
- Introduction
- Need for agency regulation
- Scams
- Dodgy agencies
- What hospitals and clinics want from agencies
- BridgeHealth
- Employer Direct Healthcare
- GCI Global Healthcare Solutions
- Healthbase
- Healthplace America
- Health Globe
- Health Options Worldwide
- Health Travel Guides
- Medical Tourism Arizona
- Mercury Healthcare International
- Minerva Journeys
- National Surgery Network
- North American Surgery
- Satori World Medical
- Surgical Trip
- TravelSurgeryUSA
- WorldMed Assist
TRAVEL AGENTS
- Introduction
- Why medical travellers need special travel arrangements
- CTS/American Express Travel
HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
- Introduction
- Why domestic medical travel may be a better bet
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Cancer Treatment Centers of America
- Cleveland Clinic
- Detroit Medical Center
- Galichia Heart Hospital
- Gastric Band Institute
- Johns Hopkins
- Mayo Clinic
- Nevada Spine Institute
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
- Sher Institutes for Reproductive Medicine
- Surgery Center of Oklahoma
PROMOTIONAL GROUPS
- Collier County Lodging And Tourism Alliance-Florida
- Greater Miami Chamber Of Commerce-Florida
- Greater Naples Chamber Of Commerce-Florida
- Las Vegas Convention And Visitors Authority-Florida
- Missouri Hospital Association
- Oklahoma
- Southern Nevada Medical Industry Coalition-Nevada
EMPLOYER CASE STUDIES
- Introduction
- Alpha Coal West
- Boeing
- Hannaford Supermarkets
- IDMI Systems
- Kohl's
- Lowe's
- PepsiCo
- Philips Service Industries
- Rich Products Corporation
- Serigraph
- Sherry Laboratories
- Wal-Mart
- United Utilities
THE FUTURE
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