Another survey has been released, this one by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, a Wisconsin based research group. Their results show that 11 percent of employers now cover medical tourism involving medical treatment outside the U.S. The survey group was 400 U.S. corporate benefit managers. Site Search Tags:benefits, insurance

A story that has inflamed a lot of people tells of a new credit scoring system under development specifically to rate patients’ ability to pay their hospital bills. The name of the company developing the system is Healthcare Analytics, a Massachusetts start-up that refers to the system as a hospital risk assessment tool. Investors in […]

In recent years Thailand has expanded dramatically as a medical tourism destination for patients from the middle east. Over 60,000 patients a year come to Thailand from the United Arab Emirates alone. The outgrowth has been an increasing demand in the UAE as visitors return home with a new found interest in Thai food, hospitality […]