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Follow on Google News | New Lobbying Group Launched to Support Medicare Reimbursement OverseasThe Medical Tourism Association™ (MTA) and International Healthcare Research Center (IHRC) have partnered to launch a non-profit lobbying group designed to support the reimbursement of Medicare costs incurred by Americans living overseas.
By: Medical Tourism Association http://www.medicaltourismassociation.com “This new coalition serves to help protect Americans, by ensuring they receive access to quality healthcare from foreign hospitals and doctors, while living or traveling abroad. Squire Sanders is proud to work/join forces with the IHRC to achieve this important goal,” said Scott Edelstein, Partner at Squires Sanders about their new agreement with the IHRC. The partnership between the MTA and the IHRC is designed to ease the burden on the U.S. healthcare system by allowing Medicare-eligible Americans living abroad to receive their Medicare treatment overseas rather than paying to travel to the U.S. for similar care. The group will give a voice to healthcare providers, insurance companies, overseas governments and hospitals that would benefit from a revamped structure that allowed Americans to receive their Medicare services in the countries they reside in (or those nearby). http://www.youtube.com/ Additionally, Medicare recipients will benefit by avoiding the prohibitive costs that result from having to travel from their foreign homes to the U.S. One of the newly formed group’s priorities is to conduct research to determine the potential cost savings of having medical treatment of a quality similar to that in the U.S. available in countries all over the world. “Millions of Americans live and retire overseas,” said Renee-Marie Stephano, president of the Medical Tourism Association™ The group is currently in the application process of a 501(c) (4) designation by the Internal Revenue Service. Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code provides for the exemption for educational and scientific organizations which are not organized for profit and no part of the net earnings of which insures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. The MTA and IHRC will be meeting in person Oct. 24 at 2 PM at the 5th Annual World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress, held on the beach in Ft. Lauderdale/Miami. http://www.medicaltourismcongress.com End
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