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Global Medical Tourism Summit

February 24-25th, 2025 | Florida U.S.

As a spin-off of the renowned World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress (WMT&GHC), now in its 15th year, this exclusive summit offers unparalleled opportunities for networking, forming partnerships, and securing commercial deals.

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Revolutionizing Medical Tourism with Mastercard and MTA

Mastercard and MTA announced the launch of an innovative platform integrated with Mastercard’s payment capabilities, bringing unprecedented one-stop convenience, flexibility, and trust to the medical tourism sector.
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Membership

Become a Medical Tourism Association Member

Join the Medical Tourism Association and expand your reach to more than 1.2 million global healthcare seekers and over 500,000 business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) professionals.
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MEDICAL TOURISM SUMMIT

The Evolution of U.S. Medical Tourism Virtual Summit: Insights and Perspectives

October 11 | 10 AM - 1 PM EST
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Experience a dynamic virtual event like no other with Diverse Participation. Engage with a diverse mix of self-funded employers, brokers, insurance companies, facilitators, travel agents, and representatives from some of the nation's top hospitals, all within a dynamic virtual setting. Dive deep into in-depth 3-hour virtual roundtable discussions on Zoom, gaining valuable insights and sharing your perspectives. Explore real-world implementations as you discover how employers and brokers have harnessed medical tourism to dramatically reduce costs for high-priced medical procedures and specialty drugs. Learn from their journeys, including strategies, challenges, objections, and remarkable victories. Delve into the employee side of things, discovering how individuals were introduced to medical tourism, their transformative experiences, and how many became passionate champions of the program, all while uncovering the incentives and benefits that truly make a difference. Additionally, explore the future of healthcare decision-making with a special segment on the potential of AI, as it reshapes the landscape and engages employers, employees, and plan members in making informed choices, foreseeing its transformative impact on health decisions and medical travel preferences.
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Medical Tourism Patient Survey

The Medical Tourism Association, in collaboration with the International Healthcare Research Center, has gathered critical insights into why patients are increasingly choosing to travel for medical care. This comprehensive 31-page report sheds light on the decision-making process, motivations, and concerns of medical tourists, focusing on aspects like the search for superior medical expertise, trust in healthcare providers, cost-effectiveness, and the appeal of innovative treatments. These findings are crucial for healthcare providers looking to tailor their services to meet the evolving needs and expectations of patients globally, ensuring not only the highest standards of care but also building the essential trust and confidence that underpins the decision to seek medical treatment abroad.

Stats From the Report

97.2%
of medical tourists view ‘trust’ as a significant or paramount factor in their decisions.
63.3%
of respondents said accreditation influenced their decision to choose their provider.
57.7%
expressed concerns about international payments, showing the pivotal role of cost transparency and secure payment options in medical tourism.
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Private & Public Sectors

The Medical Tourism Association is a global non-profit association for the medical tourism and international patient industry. The MTA works with healthcare providers, governments, insurance companies, employers, and other buyers of healthcare – in their medical tourism, international patient, and healthcare initiatives – with a focus on providing access to transparent, high-quality healthcare.

Global Medical Tourism Summit

February 24-25 2025

As a spin-off of the renowned World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress (WMT&GHC), now in its 15th year, this exclusive summit offers unparalleled opportunities for networking, forming partnerships, and securing commercial deals.
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Medical Tourism Magazine

The Medical Tourism Magazine (MTM), known as the “voice” of the medical tourism industry, provides members and key industry experts with the opportunity to share important developments, initiatives, themes, topics and trends that make the medical tourism industry the booming market it is today.
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MedicalTourism.Com

MedicalTourism.com is a free, confidential, independent resource for patients and industry providers. Our mission is to provide a central portal where patients, medical tourism providers, hospitals, clinics, employers, and insurance companies can all find the information they need. Our site focuses on patients looking for specific knowledge in the fields of medical tourism, dental tourism, and health tourism.
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Strategic Partner

Global Healthcare Accreditation is the official strategic partner of the Medical Tourism Association for training, accreditation and certification. Global Healthcare Accreditation® (GHA) is a recognized global authority in accreditation and certification with a specialized focus in workplace safety, health, and well-being as well as specializations in medical and wellness travel.

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New MTA Members

Become A  Member!

The Medical Tourism Association® is a diverse international organization dedicated to the life cycle of healthcare and travel projects from inception to delivery. From the review of bench-marked results to the development of improvement mechanisms developed through proven customer experience techniques and measured outcomes, the Medical Tourism Association® is the dedicated partner for businesses seeking to establish a greater global presence in healthcare, wellness, and tourism industries.
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CONNECT. EDUCATE. PROMOTE.

We Impact the
Private & Public Sectors

The Medical Tourism Association is a global non-profit association for the medical tourism and international patient industry. The MTA works with healthcare providers, governments, insurance companies, employers, and other buyers of healthcare – in their medical tourism, international patient, and healthcare initiatives – with a focus on providing access to transparent, high-quality healthcare.

  • OUR MISSIONTo equip medical tourism and healthcare travel professionals with the tools they need to develop their business.
  • OUR EXPERIENCE12+ years of leading events and industry education have allowed us to change the world
  • OUR VISIONTo have a world with the highest standard of healthcare throughout
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Become a Certified Medical Travel Professional Today!

Become a recognized expert in your field. With Global Healthcare Accreditations' Certified Medical Travel Professional certification, you can easily link with healthcare or hospitality providers seeking exceptional services for their medical travel clients.

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16 YEARS Inspiring Global Excellence

The Medical Tourism Association has been in business for more than 16 years now, working tireless to promote and expand the international patient industry. We’ve been fortunate enough to meet with engaging, intelligent people from every corner of the world, all of whom have one goal in mind – the continuous improvement of medical travel.

Demonstrate the Economic Impact of Medical Tourism in your Destination

The Medical Tourism Calculator (MTC) is an adaptable tool used by industry stakeholders to demonstrate the total economic impact of a medical travel program. It considers important factors like job creation and tax revenues, as well as the impact to hospitality and tourism, which are traditionally deemphasized in medical tourism forecasts.

✓ Provides data on the impact of healthcare tourism
✓ Provides the current economic impact of medical tourism in your region
✓ Provides a forecast of the total economic impact of medical travelers
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