Indian Hospital Uses YouTube to Sell Medical Tourists
Patients who wonder whether they should get procedures done at a cheaper India-based facility may get a boost from one hospital’s series of YouTube promotions. This was a point of discussion at the recent CMSA conference. Organizations such as ABQAURP, URAC, and CMSA are collaborating on how they want to handle this new trend. Click here to check out some of the videos on medical tourism.
Workers’ Vision Woes Cost Employers Billions
Vision problems among U.S. workers cost businesses about $8 billion a year in lost productivity, according to a new report. The costs exceed $1 billion in 18 states and $500 million in 13 other states, according to the state-by-state analysis. Forbes
Funding Plays Role in Access to Care
Americans without insurance or with public insurance such as Medicaid are more likely to have breast or oral cancer diagnosed at an advanced stage, according to two studies. Researchers with the American Cancer Society said that reviews of patient data indicated that those with no insurance were more likely than those with private insurance to be diagnosed with advanced oropharyngeal cancer, while uninsured patients and those with Medicaid were nearly 2.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer than patients with private insurance. Forbes
