Just What is Medical Travel?

Medical travel — sometimes referred to as medical tourism, health tourism or global healthcare — entails choosing medical treatment outside a patient’s place of residence, whether domestically or internationally. Medical travel involves planning, transportation, lodging and travel-related expenses. Sometimes international travel requires a passport and/or visa. In general, medical travel can provide patients and employers with significant savings.

Regardless of where a patient chooses to receive medical attention, the choice of a healthcare facility should be based on high-quality, accredited, accessible and affordable care. Choosing a facility and a specialist that have successful outcomes and have performed a high volume of the type of procedure or service needed is crucial.

Why Work with Medical Travel Option?

Medical Travel Option is a Texas-based company that partners with employer-sponsored health plans to facilitate services for their employees seeking quality, affordable medical, dental and specialty Rx care alternatives. We work with U.S. self-funded employers, brokers, consultants, third-party administrators (TPA), insurance carriers. At times we help private-pay individuals as well.

Companies and individuals trust us to take care of the “who, what, when, where and how” of medical travel from start to finish. Our services include direct contracting, employer-sponsored benefits diversification through consulting, employee education and program integration. We help employers brainstorm on creative employee incentives to bolster program participation and work out the logistics for both the patient-employee and the employer.

Medical Travel Option can share invaluable insight into understanding medical travel and is a direct link to quality international providers that are close-to-home options. Based on our expertise, we guide patients through our turn-key process, helping them understand their choices and what they should look for in a provider, while connecting them to excellent care in that international destination.

The Ins and Outs of What We Do

Whether you’re a self-funded employer, an employee choosing medical travel or a private-pay individual, Medical Travel Option will walk you through the process of using internationally accredited providers for medical, dental and or specialty Rx — from start to finish.

As the consultant and logistics facilitator of the medical travel process, Medical Travel Option connects the employee-patient to the best medical specialist at the international destination for his or her medically necessary surgery, dental procedure or specialty pharmaceutical need. We stay involved, with them, assisting with every part of the journey, from initial education about our program until the moment they return home from an incredible medical care experience.

Medical Travel Is Tried and True

People have opted for medical travel for centuries. The Deloitte Center for Health Solution 2008 report projected the number of Americans who travel abroad for care annually “could reach upwards of 1.6 million by 2012 with sustainable annual growth of 35 percent.”. Since this has been proven to be an excellent, competitive and cost-saving option for U.S. residents, it’s not surprising that numerous people go to an international destination each year for medical services. Just like in the U.S., the global healthcare market is constantly evolving with options that employers and patients need to understand. Medical Travel Option’s expertise stays on top of the opportunities that are available to make healthcare more affordable and the overall experience enjoyable.

Contact Medical Travel Option today. Set up a meeting and learn more about what MTO can do for your company.