Released on: September 14, 2008, 2:10 pm

Press Release Author: Global MD

Industry: Healthcare

Press Release Summary: An article, Beyond Incentives: Seven Strategies to Drive
Utilization of Your Medical Travel Benefit Plan, has been published by Global MD,
Inc's Amanda Hayes-Kibreab. It examines seven strategies for reducing health care
costs with medical tourism.

Press Release Body: 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.


Web Site: http://www.yourglobalmd.com

Contact Details: 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