MTA Activities
Webinars
The MTA is providing Educational Medical Tourism Webinars on various topics. These webinars have been created in part to educate the Medical Tourism Industry and in part to educate U.S. employers, insurance companies, and health insurance agents. Top people in the industry from insurance carriers, hospitals and facilitators will all be speaking.
Please stay tuned for a complete schedule of 2012 webinars!!
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Past Webinars:
**4th Annual World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress – Chicago, IL October 25-28th, 2011, August 16, 2011
With up to 1,500 attendees from over 87 countries, learn what is new and exciting for this year’s upcoming annual MTA convention. This webinar will explain what has changed with the format of the conference speakers, agenda, and networking. It will also explain why Chicago is going to be an amazing destination for the biggest conference yet. The session will also explain the totally new and advanced networking software that allows you to pre-schedule your meetings, find out which of your contacts from LinkedIn, twitter, and facebook are coming to the conference and to meet and identify who is coming to the conference to schedule meetings through the new social media networking meeting software system.
**The Role of Travel Agents & the Hotel industry in Medical Tourism and Health and Wellness Tourism, August 24, 2011
This webinar is for those in the travel industry, such as travel agents, hotels, and tour operators. It will explain the role of the travel industry and what opportunities there are to make increased revenues through booking medical tourism trips and health and wellness vacations. The webinar will explain the processes and what every travel industry professional needs to have in place to do this successfully. It will also provide case studies of successful travel agents, hotels and tour operators that have a successful business in this emerging industry.
**Investing in Medical Tourism-An Investors Webinar, September 21, 2011
This webinar is focused on healthcare investors who are looking to invest in medical tourism or medical tourism development. Medical tourism is poised for significant growth and is one of the most exciting investment opportunities. It will give a basic understanding of the medical tourism industry and then explain the different opportunities and business models that investors should look at when considering investing in this space.
**Turismo Medico 101 – En Español – 19 de Julio del 2011
Este seminario en línea introducirá las bases del turismo medico para los nuevos integrantes a la industria. Se explicará el significado del turismo medico, por qué los pacientes viajan, a donde viajan y para cuales procedimientos. También proporcionará un análisis en cuanto a la razón de por qué la industria está creciendo y adonde se dirige en el futuro.
**Employer Case Study of Medical Tourism, July 27, 2011
Listen to US employers who have either implemented medical tourism or are interested in implementing it explain why medical tourism is attractive to them, and what is required in order for them to implement it. Also, learn what destinations they are attracted to and why.
**Tourism Board’s Role in Medical Tourism & Health and Wellness Promotion, July 13, 2011
This webinar was live on July 13, 2011 and was recorded to educate interested parties on this topic. This webinar will focus on the important role tourism board’s play in promoting medical tourism and health and wellness to the destination. Many consumers develop a perception of a country based on the image the tourism board has created. This session will examine how several tourism boards have promoted their country and established a brand. Lisbeth Stein, Membership Coordinator for the MTA presented in this webinar.
**Medical Tourism Updates, May 24, 2011
Where is the medical tourism industry headed in 2011? This webinar will focus on what has happened in the industry over the past year, where it is headed in the future, and updates on activities and initiatives in the medical tourism industry by the Medical Tourism Association and other organizations. Get up to date!
Healthcare Reform Update, June 1, 2011
This webinar was live on June 1, 2011 and was recorded to educate interested parties on this topic. Get updated on the status of the US healthcare reform law. Where does the healthcare reform law stand today almost one year after its anniversary? Find out if anything has changed and about the upcoming rules and compliance issues over the next few years. Jonathan Edelheit, CEO of the MTA presented in this webinar.
Medical Tourism 101, June 7, 2011
This webinar was live on June 7, 2011 and was recorded to educate interested parties on this topic. This introductory webinar will be covering the basics of medical tourism for new entrants/participants to the industry. It will explain what medical tourism is, why patients are traveling, where they are traveling to, and for what procedures. It will also provide an analysis of why the medical tourism market is growing and where it is headed in the future. Lisbeth Stein, Membership Coordinator for the MTA presented in this webinar.
MTA Member Benefits and a MTA Membership Success Case Study, June 29, 2011
This webinar will focus on some of the new and exciting benefits for Medical Tourism Association members as well as the existing benefits of membership. It will also have a case study of how one MTA member has leveraged the benefits of being a member into a success story.
Below are all of our past webinars, to view them click here:
http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/webinars
Webinar Session #1
Implementation of Medical Tourism in US Health Insurance Plans Part 1
Tune in to listen to Jerry Turney of USNOW and Ross Pendergraft, President of the Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters, for the first bi-monthly Medical Tourism Webinar Educational Series by the Medical Tourism Association™. USNOW is one of the leading providers of limited medical health insurance plans. USNOW offers medical tourism to people who have health insurance through USNOW. Listen to Jerry Turney talk about who USNOW is, why they have implemented medical tourism, and why Mr. Turney believes medical tourism will be adopted by many other US health insurance companies and employers. Also, listen to Ross Pendergraft, President of the Los Angeles Association of Health Underwriters.
Webinar Session #2
Implementation of Medical Tourism in US Health Insurance Plans Part 2
Join Wouter Hoeberechts of WorldMed Assist and Matt Leming of Swiss Reinsurance Company as they discuss medical tourism with self-funded employers and the WorldMed Assist and Swiss Reinsurance Relationship.
Webinar Session #3
Creating Healthcare Clusters, Medical Clusters and Healthcare Cities
Renee-Marie Stephano, President of the Medical Tourism Association™, discusses how hospitals and governments can put aside their competition and differences and work together to create a healthcare city or medical cluster and create a brand name reputation for their city or region. The most successful countries and cities promoting medical tourism are those that have established a healthcare city or medical cluster. Learn from the leading expert in the world, Renee-Marie Stephano, who has helped establish some of the world's top healthcare cities and works with healthcare cities all around the world, determning what is required to create your own healthcare city.
Webinar Session #4
Opportunities in Medical Tourism and Understanding the US Healthcare Marketplace
Join Jonathan Edelheit, Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Tourism Association™, and learn what opportunities are available for medical tourism and why this is one of the fastest growing segments of healthcare in the world. Also, find out why the US is the largest emerging marketplace. Learn what opportunities there are with the 50 million Americans without health insurance, and also opportunities with US employers and insurance companies and find out which insurance companies and employers have started offering medical tourism, and which should in the future.
Webinar Session #5
Marketing Your Organization in the U.S.
2009 Marketing is Vastly Different from 2008, and 2010 promises to be even more different. Does your organization know which direction the Medical Tourism Industry is heading and are you able to keep up?
Webinar Session #6
Inbound Medical Tourism- Opportunities for US Hospitals and Clinics in Attracting Foreign Patients and International Insurance
In 2008, inbound medical tourism was estimated to represent more than 400,000 non-U.S. residents coming to the US for healthcare and spending almost $5 billion dollars per year as reported by Deloitte. The annual growth rate was estimated at 3% and by 2017 as many as 801,000 foreign patients may travel to the US for healthcare spending up to $11.4 billion dollars. Learn why patients are traveling to the USA from other countries, what countries they are traveling from and for what medical procedures. Learn what the future holds for inbound US medical tourism.
Webinar Session #7
Attracting Patients from the Caribbean, Opportunities in Medical Tourism for Caribbean
Thousands of patients leave the Caribbean each year spending millions of dollars on expensive medical care. Currently in some Caribbean countries there is a lack of quality healthcare infrastructure in the Caribbean. Learn why these Caribbean patients are traveling, what countries they are traveling to for medical care and what the future holds for Caribbean medical tourism.
Webinar Session #8
MedicalTourismCity.com, The Social Network for Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare
This webinar will discuss the importance of using the internet and social networking to develop new business relationships and networking. We also explain what medicaltourismcity.com is as a social network and how to properly use it to learn about medical tourism and network with insurance companies, health insurance agents, medical tourism facilitators, hospitals, clinics and governments. It explains how to use an internet social network to its maximum potential, and also cover all aspects of the medicaltourismcity.com social network, such as how to start your own private networking group on the website, inviting friends, sending private messages, creating your own blog and forum, uploading videos and photos and more.
Webinar Session #9
Online Marketing for Medical Tourism presented by Steve Latham
Medical tourism is growing rapidly, and the field is becoming more crowded by the day. As more and more institutions become certified to compete internationally, they must answer a very important question: how will patients find us?
As most health care marketers know, the Web is a critical medium for reaching patients and building your brand. Yet many are still on the sidelines, wondering what to do, where to start and how to measure results. Whether you’re looking at Google, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, email or other digital media, there are many options and seemingly few answers to the question “What should we do?”
With the goal of helping health care providers and facilitators understand how to use online media to grow market share, Steve Latham of Spur Interactive conductedan online webinar to address these issues and answer your questions.
In this presentation, Steve expanded on the basics he presented at the recent Congress in Los Angeles (see Online Marketing for Medical Tourism) and discussed best practices for site optimization and search engine marketing with special attention to Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
About the presenter:
Steve Latham is the founder and CEO of Spur Interactive (www.SpurHealth.com), a strategic interactive marketing agency with deep experience and insight in health care marketing.
In this role, Steve has planned and managed successful campaigns leveraging online advertising, social media, search engine marketing and email marketing to help numerous health care providers build their brands and acquire patients.
Steve is an accomplished industry lecturer, blogger and thought leader. Steve’s speaks frequently at industry events and his articles have been published by MediaPost, Online Media Daily, iMedia Connection, Marketing News and Bizjournals.com to name a few. Steve received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA from the University of Oklahoma. You can review Steve’s articles and presentations at http://blog.spurinteractive.
Webinar Session #10
Top 10 Spa Trends 2010 and their Likely Impact on Medical Tourism
SpaFinder president, Susie Ellis, presents the company's seventh-annual 'Top 10 Spa Trends To Watch' for 2010 - a forecast much anticipated by global spa and wellness executives and the international media. For our audience, she also address how these trends are likely to impact medical tourism. She leads the world's most prominent spa media, marketing, and research company - connecting the largest global network of spas to millions of spa consumers worldwide through SpaFinder.com and its media properties. Ms. Ellis has been recognized as a prescient spotter (and analyzer) of emerging industry trends, and her annual report is regularly covered by press including The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, US News & World Report, USA Today and major newspapers worldwide.
Credited with having forecast numerous industry 'mega-trends' - from the wider shift from 'pampering' to wellness - to the continued interweaving of medicine and spas - to the impact of spa on design and cuisine - she will spotlight just-emerging new concepts impacting spa, wellness, fitness, and the ever-evolving consumer, that should shape the industry next year - and beyond. Author of the popular Ask Susie column in various SpaFinder publications, "Susie's Blog" on Spafinder.com, the SpaFinder Insider industry e-newsletter, and a contributor to a variety of spa lifestyle related publications, Ms. Ellis is recognized worldwide as a leading authority on the spa industry, the evolving spa consumer, and spa-related health, wellness, beauty, fitness and lifestyle trends.
She also leads the company's charitable and community-facing ventures, including SpaFinder's initiative to raise awareness of, and help prevent, melanoma skin cancer.
Ms. Ellis began her career in spa at the Golden Door (California), where she helped build one of the world's most influential spa programs, and later became the first spa director of the Greenhouse Spa at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida. She has also served on the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, chaired by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Ms. Ellis is a frequent speaker at industry events around the world, and her spa industry insight has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, Time magazine, The Daily Telegraph, Newsweek and in other well known media. She is a current board member of the Global Spa Summit and holds a MBA from UCLA.
Webinar Session #11
US Healthcare Reform
US Healthcare Reform was signed into law March 23rd, 2010 by President Barack Obama. Healthcare Reform is expected to have a very positive effect on medical tourism and significantly grow the medical tourism industry. Under the Healthcare Reform, the costs of health insurance in the US will increase substantially. Come Join the MTA’s Healthcare Reform’s Effect on Medical Tourism Webinar, tomorrow, Thursday, March 25th at 10 a.m. (US Eastern Standard Time) to learn about the different aspects of the Healthcare Reform that will increase health insurance costs for individuals, insurance companies and employers. Also, learn why the Healthcare Reform is not going to lower the costs for health insurance or healthcare in the US and how it may lead to long waiting periods for surgical procedures as seen in countries such as the UK and Canada.
Webinar Session #12
Developing Global Healthcare Marketing Strategies for Healthcare Organizations
The Medical Tourism Magazine is pleased to invite you to the educational webinar, “Developing Global Healthcare Marketing Strategies for Healthcare Organizations” led by Dr. Prem Jagyasi. The Webinar will take place Tuesday, June 8th at 10:30 AM EST. Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
About the Speaker:
A successful entrepreneur and experienced strategic professional, Dr. Prem Jagyasi is a renowned Chartered Management, Healthcare Marketing and Medical Tourism Consultant. Providing high-profile consultancy services to Government authorities and private healthcare organizations, Dr. Prem Jagyasi is a noticeably leading medical tourism consultant in the world.
Currently, Dr. Prem Jagyasi is MD & CEO of ExHealth, a Dubai HealthCare City based firm engaged in offering multi-dimensional healthcare solutions in international domain. He also serves the Medical Tourism Association as Honorary Chief Strategy Officer. He is also the Chief Editor of UAE’s leading health magazine – HealthFirst, published in association with one of the leading English dailies of the region. To learn more about speaker please visit www.DrPrem.com
Webinar Session # 13
Exhibitor and Sponsorship Opportunities for Medical Tourism Conference Webinar
This webinar is addressed to those companies that are interested in exhibiting or sponsoring the upcoming World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress, September 22nd-24th, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA where up to 2,000 attendees will be gathered with hundreds of healthcare buyers.
The presenter of this webinar will be Jonathan Edelheit, CEO of the Medical Tourism Association. Mr. Edelheit will cover all of the exciting updates regarding the conference including the new expanded agenda, top notch speakers from around the world, confirmed VIP buyers of healthcare attendees, insurance companies and employers who will be in attendance as well as the newly designed networking meeting schedules destined to bring you return on your investment. Mr. Edelheit will explain why this year’s conference is even better than before and why the VIP Buyers program is generating a tremendous amount of success. Mr. Edelheit will also discuss the changing climate in medical tourism and how in the US marketplace, the cost of healthcare and health insurance is increasing. He will also explain how more insurance companies and employers will look to medical tourism due to rising costs and because of the implementation of healthcare reform. This is a webinar that cannot be missed!
There will be two presentations; one on Wednesday, July 28th and a second on Thursday, July 29th, in order to accommodate our international audience. Registrants may select their preferred meeting. Time and dates are as follows:
Webinar Option A: Wednesday, July 28th
10 AM US Eastern Standard Time (EST)
4 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST)
11 PM Korean Standard Time (KST)
To register, please click here:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/227683379
Webinar Option B: Thursday, July 29th
9 AM Central European Summer Time (CEST)
4 PM Korean Standard Time (KST)
To register, please click here:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/582013066
Webinar Session # 14
Growth of American Medical Tourism and Future Opportunities Webinar
Presenters - Trish Freeman, President Louisiana Association of Health Underwriters
Derrell Conner, M3 Insurance Solutions
This webinar will feature expert speakers from the US health insurance industry discussing the US Healthcare crisis and why Healthcare Reform will increase the costs of health insurance in the US and push more employers and insurance companies to look at implementing medical tourism because of the cost savings. It will explain health insurance agents views of medical tourism, how they perceive medical tourism and how they market and educate their clients, the employers, on medical tourism programs.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
10 AM US Eastern Standard Time (EST)
4 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST)
11 PM Korean Standard Time (KST)
To register, please click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/824219194
Webinar Session #15
Highlights & Updates for the upcoming Medical Tourism Conference September 22-24th 2010 Webinar
Presenter - Jonathan Edelheit, CEO of the Medical Tourism Association
This webinar will discuss the upcoming 3rd Annual World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress, providing updates on speakers, sponsors and agenda topics. There are exciting new speakers from the US and international insurance industry, and employers who will be speaking. Highlights about the Buyers of Healthcare VIP program will be presented with explanation as to how this means return on investment for you. The webinar will also go into detail about the updated agenda, new format of networking meetings, and the special focus at the conference on healthcare reform. The webinar will also discuss the Expatriate Healthcare, Travel Insurance & Global Health Insurance Conference and Sustainable Healthcare & Hospital Development Conference that will take place simultaneously with the World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress this year, and updates on where the medical tourism industry is headed.
Webinar Option A: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
10:00 AM US Eastern Standard Time (EST)
4 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST)
11 PM Korean Standard Time (KST)
To register, pleaes click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/407638227
Webinar Option B: Thursday, August 12, 2010
3 AM US Eastern Standard Time (EST)
9 AM Central European Summer Time (CEST)
4 PM Korean Standard Time (KST)
To register, please click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/926835234
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