Apollo begins insurance pilot with Anthem
Apollo Hospitals in India has begun a pilot exercise with US-based insurance company Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, a subsidiary of Well Point....
Patients travel in search of healthcare
Well-off Myanmar citizens with health concerns are travelling to a wide range of mainly Asian countries for first-rate healthcare at relatively low cost. A...
The Cross Border Healthcare directive is slowly making it’s way through the government
The EU Directive on Cross Border Healthcare is making it's way through the labyrinth of British government. Slow progress, but it's progress towards a...
Mike Silford Speaks On Why Medical Tourism Facilitators In The Industry
Following our recent article on "How can patients judge quality in medical tourism?", Caroline Ratner spoke to Mike Silford, who runs Perfect Profiles, the...
When is a medical tourism facilitator a medical travel agent?
When is a medical tourism facilitator a medical travel agent? According to our Medical Tourism Survey in 2008, around a third of UK medical...
Medical tourism search engine to expand
RevaHealth.com will continue the expansion of its health clinic search engine. Having originally focused on niche healthcare markets, the company is now expanding into...
Private hospitals gear up for growth
Thailand's leading private hospitals are gearing up for rapid growth in the medical tourism sector over the next three to five years. Two of...
Growing the health tourism sector
Although health tourism is still new to Vietnam, it sees plenty of potential. Vietnam has an abundance of natural resources to provide natural health...
Two firms link up to offer new medical travel insurance
Specialist American travel insurance intermediary Seven Corners has signed US medical tourism agency Healthbase as the first preferred partner for the bordercross worldwide policy...
Venture capital for medical tourism providers
Washington-based The Icon Group is actively seeking medical tourism providers from around the world, who want American venture capital. Philip Slaton of Icon speaks...