Purchase Solution

Global Medical Coverage

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

If you were a hospital administrator how would you react when a number of patients and companies began to ask to bargain about prices, including presenting quotations from companies like Ind US health? What would be the difference in the bargaining position of an academic medical center and a large tertiary community hospital system? How might state and rational governments respond to the expanding phenomenon of medical tourism?

(Please see attached case study for full problem description)

Attachments
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

Global healthcare is on the rise in the US. Since the US healthcare is too expensive, more healthcare companies are seeking ways to lower the cost of healthcare by sending their patients to other countries for healthcare. This is a problem for the US healthcare system because US citizens are now going to other countries for affordable healthcare. The US healthcare system should be modify to ensure affordable healthcare for all its citizens.

Solution Preview

Critical Thinking:
If you were a hospital administrator, how would you react when a number of patients and companies began to ask to bargain about prices, including presenting quotations from companies like IndUShealth?

As a hospital administrator, I would not be delighted if a number of patients and companies began to bargain about prices including presenting quotations from companies like IndUShealth because the costs of their medical expensive are justified for the quality of services that the hospital offered. According to the IndUShealth, they will provide a complete package to its US clients, including access to Indian specialty hospitals and to specialist physicians with US or UK board certification. The Company will arrange for postoperative care in India and for travel, lodging, and meals for patients and their family members, all for a single package price. The hospitals in India are affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinics. These deals sounds like a very good deals already for the patients who elected to be treated in India hospitals rather than in the US. As a hospital administrator, I would ignored the reaction of the number of patients that began to ask for bargain about prices. I would fired back at the patients that still want to bargain about the prices because the prices are very good already. For example, a mitral valve replacement or heart bypass surgery cost around $55,000 to $86,000 in the US. However, the same procedure cost around $18,000 in India, including travel, food, and lodging for the patient and one companion. The expense overseas for the medical cost is way cheaper compared to the US. As a hospital administrator, I would rather promote the care we have in the US because the US system is a lot ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Crohn's Disease

How much do you know about this condition?

First Aid

Do you know how to provide first aid?

What everyone should know about MRSA

This quiz focuses on what everyone should know about community MRSA. Community MSRA is an infection in healthy people.

Test your health planning and program evaluation knowledge

Health planning and program evaluation is an important aspect of the Health Sciences' field. Organizations and communities must understand the needs of their audiences, and a way to obtain this datum is through proper design and assessment. This quiz will test your ability to understand the importance of planning and evaluation in the health sector.

CPR (Red Cross Standards)

Are you up to date on your CPR skills? Find out if you know what to do in an emergency with this quiz.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Current Inequities within the U.S. Health Care System

    Research suggests, "This variation highlights the vast inequality in the health of the US population, a reflection on insufficient access to care and health insurance coverage" (http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2005/papers/hdr2005_sridhar_devi

  • Rewards and Compensation in Recruitment Strategy

    In the case example job position, the accounting position can receive standard salary of $45,000 with every medical coverage that's available along with bonuses entail training in global operations centers.

  • After Tax Income and Medical Costs

    She receives $45,000 in salary and pays $2,500 for individual medical coverage. b. She receives $43,000 in salary and group medical coverage on a noncontributory basis with the employer's contribution to the cost of coverage equal to $2,500. c.

  • Increasingly, employees are being allowed to choose benefit

    If the employee has had a medical history that demands constant care, the full medical coverage will be a given option. The employee would probably give up wages, hands down, for increased medical coverage.

  • US HealthCare Policy / ObamaCare or Affordable Health Care Act

    Changes in medical procedures, medical equipment, and medicines will affect the manufacturers and suppliers located in other countries.

  • Insurance coverage for Bob Brown

    total amount of liability protection for bodily harm and property damage Cost of Medical Check up for Ruth: This would be find in the Medical payments/coverage section.

  • Social Responsibilities of Pharmaceutical Companies

    Prescription drug costs tend to vary according to the prescription drug coverage applied or lack thereof, prices ranging from $50-$150 with insurance and $200-$500 without insurance.

  • Social Media and The Importance of Headline Accuracy

    All too often, dismissive and distorted counter-narratives have been framed around important coverage of medical and scientific developments in this area, and it's almost always involved some sort of attempt to undermine the release by either attacking

  • Correlation Graph Builder

    The article is as follows: Medical out of pocket expenses include the out of pocket costs from medical services and the family's share of health insurance premiums.

View More Related Solutions