August 8, 2008 – Atlanta, GA
GPS-Magazine launches global patient services and information for the first 1.9 Million people in the US insured for medical tourism.

Corporate America experienced a “Eureka!” moment in February, 2008 when the national and international press extensively reported the advent of two Columbia, SC group insurance experts’ foray into insured medical tourism to rein in runaway US corporate healthcare cost.
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By Molly Bernhart,  Employee Benefit Adviser Magazine
Morgan Armstrong had heard a lot of casual talk about medical tourism; however, discussion on the subject had been growing louder over the past six months. So, the president of Plan Benefit Services, a Columbia, South Carolina-based employee benefit advisory firm hosted a meeting with his clients where he shared what he knew on the subject and asked the employers what they thought.

Armstrong’s clients were intrigued by the opportunity for significant cost savings. “[But] the same types of questions kept coming up and it was really a perception issue, in terms of quality of care,” he says. “At that point I determined that we needed to make a trip.” Continue reading »

By Sherry L. Branch, GPS-Magazine.com
August 21, 2008 – David Boucher, President of the American medical travel company, Companion Global HealthCare, announced today that India has been added as a new destination in their medical and surgical care network of providers. Medical tourism is on the rise as healthcare costs mount and coverage depletes. International travel for medical care can be accomplished for a fraction of what it would cost stateside. Continue reading »