Beverly Hills, California (PressExposure) September 16, 2008 -- Global MD, Inc’s Amanda Hayes-Kibreab, Esq. released a new addition to the Global MD Article Library entitled: Beyond Incentives: Seven Strategies to Drive Utilization of Your Medical Travel Benefit Plan.

In the article Hayes-Kibreab explores strategies for saving money on health care by implementing and driving utilization of medical travel benefits. Developing the right medical travel health benefit and driving utilization requires more than just financial incentives. To realize the potential savings promised by medical travel, employers must first study their employee population and demographics, understand decision drivers, and design a benefit that addresses the unique needs of their employees.

Medical travel is the practice of patients receiving care for certain procedures in foreign countries. Medical travel professionals have built networks of distinguished providers in India, Costa Rica, Singapore and Thailand who are accredited and serving American patients. These providers offer the same procedures by similarly qualified surgeons at state of the art hospitals for 30% to 50% off of negotiated prices in the U.S.

Consumer-driven health care is here to stay. The ability to maximize the benefit of cost containment strategies depends on the ability to innovate and respond to new information. Health care consumers should not be underestimated. They are discerning and scrutinizing. Their behavior is not monolithic. Health care payers should carefully analyze beneficiary demographics and consumption patterns and employ sophisticated benefit design strategies that address those findings.

Text of Hayes-Kibreab’s article can be found on Global MD’s website at http://www.yourglobalmd.com/SevenStrategiestoReduceHealthCareCosts.html

Ms. Hayes-Kibreab & Natasha Bellroth co-founded Global MD, Inc. a leading medical travel facilitator headquartered in Southern California, http://www.yourglobalmd.com. Global MD is at the forefront a global trend of offering medical treatment abroad to patients who cannot access desired treatment at home. The Global MD founders’ industry expertise makes their contributions to these timely issues uniquely valuable.

For additional information about Global MD’s services or about the news that is the subject of this release, contact Amanda Hayes-Kibreab or visit http://www.yourglobalmd.com

About Global MD:
Global MD was founded in early 2007 by Amanda Hayes-Kibreab & Natasha Bellorth out of their desire to provide access to healthcare treatment to those who have been denied access to care at home due to lack of insurance, high costs or the unavailability of physicians. Global MD connects patients with elite international medical institutions & provides up to the minute information & facilitation assistance to complete the continuity of care circle. Individual & institutional healthcare payers seek out Global MD because it provides the highest quality of service & expert case management.

About Global MD, Inc

Contact:
Amanda Hayes-Kibreab
Global MD, Inc.
269 South Beverly Drive, Suite 622
Beverly Hills, California 90212
1-800-903-5609
Fax: (310) 274-7588
http://www.yourglobalmd.com
info@yourglobalmd.com

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