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Global medical tourism market to hit $100B by 2012
We all knew medical tourism was growing, but over the next few years, volume should explode say researchers speaking at a conference in Singapore. According to one researcher, the global medical... Read more...
AZ hospital helps Mexican moms have babies with U.S. citizenship
When U.S. citizens think about medical tourism, they envision a vacation-like trip offering heavily discounted procedures in lush surroundings. But medical tourism can also involve patients coming... Read more...
Could medical tourism trend parallel fate of Detroit car industry?
Here's an interesting take on medical tourism from the perspective of another business--the spa industry. Apparently, spa business executives are keeping a close watch on medical tourism, which they... Read more...
Insurers have no plans to end rescission practices
Despite all the bad press on the practice of rescissions, don't expect health insurers to stop it anytime soon. Executives from WellPoint, UnitedHealth Group and Assurant defended the practice on... Read more...
IN, OH state medical groups demanding claims payment from Anthem
A pair of state medical associations are asking state regulators to determine why WellPoint subsidiary Anthem has been substantially delayed in paying claims and struggling to handle other basic... Read more...
Study ranks Aetna, Cigna and Humana as fastest payers
Which health plans pay the fastest? Last year, according to vendor Athenahealth, Aetna, Cigna and Humana made the cut, ranking first out of 172 carriers studied. To compile its results, Athenahealth... Read more...
WellPoint Q&A -- Page 3
AZ: So, it sounds like switch between, at least the perception of, health plans saying to doctors, "You'll do what I say," to "We're going to give you a great service, and that's why you're going to... Read more...
WellPoint Q&A -- Page 2
AZ: As you're doubtless both aware, lots of state and regional and other configurations of groups are putting together health information exchanges that are different in nature; they're not as... Read more...
Q&A: WellPoint's John Jesser and Availity's Julie Klapstein
In March of this year, WellPoint and Availity announced a strategic partnership with Availity-- a health information network that connects health plans and providers. Anne Zieger, Editor of... Read more...
Study: Substantial minority of Americans would try medical tourism
Medical tourism has been on the minds of health plans and employers for quite some time, though arguably, less so where average Americans are concerned. According to a new Gallup Poll, however, a... Read more...
