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Medical Tourism

Understanding the Industry and Its Legal Fundamentals

Location: Your office or conference room (no need to travel!)

Date : Audio CD Available

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Hosted By : Beard Group Law and Business Publishers, Nightingale's Healthcare News

This conference will include:

Where in the world will Medical Tourism take your organization?

The combination of the large number of uninsured Americans and access to online information is driving medical tourists to seek new, global providers for even traditional healthcare services.

Purchase this Audio CD (recorded November 2007) to better understand the dimensions of this exploding market. Moreover, youll discuss how U.S. providers are riding the wave profitably and within the law and how your organization can take advantage of the developing opportunities.

You'll examine:
Legal and financial fundamentals of the developing U.S. medical tourism industry
Who are the major foreign provider participants
Who are the big U.S. - based providers (Harvard, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Christus, among others) and why
Focus on Mexico: Entry into "mainstream" services through southern California insurance plans
Medical tourism facilitators (self-pay)
Medical tourism components of health plans
Top regulatory issues, including insurance, ERISA, foreign corrupt practices, federal and state Stark and anti-kickback risks
Liability risks and how to minimize them
Joint Commission International standards
Government initiatives with both barriers and opportunities at the federal and state levels

Who Should Attend:
This practical program is designed for healthcare executives, in-house and private attorneys, compliance officers, marketing specialists, and others who must advise their clients on the risks and opportunities arising from the phenomenon of medical tourism.

Speaker(s):

	Dale C. Van Demark Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Dale C. Van Demark is a member of the Health Care and Life Sciences and Business Law Practices in Epstein Becker & Green's Washington, D.C., office. He has been at the forefront of advising clients on the globalization of the U.S. healthcare industry, including the burgeoning medical tourism/medical travel industry. He also provides tax-exempt counseling to both tax-exempt organizations and those seeking business relationships with such organizations.
	Kevin J. Ryan Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Kevin J. Ryan is a senior attorney in the Health Care and Life Sciences Practice of Epstein Becker & Green's Chicago office. His clients include hospitals, nursing homes, surgery centers and physician groups. He assists clients with negotiating and drafting various types of agreements, including managed care agreements, licensing agreements, and management services agreements. He also advises clients on licensing laws, acquisitions, and Certificates of Need matters.
	Rachel Spitz Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
B. Rachel Spitz is an attorney in the Health Care and Life Sciences Practice in Epstein Becker & Green's Washington, D.C., office. She advises clients on legal, regulatory and reimbursement issues arising under Medicare, Medicaid, and other third-party payment programs. She also counsels healthcare entities on federal and state fraud issues, including anti-kickback, self-referral and false claims laws.

Medical Tourism


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