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Maria Todd is finalizing the manuscript for a new book, titled, The Medical Tourism Facilitation Handbook, that is under contract with CRC Press, a Taylor and Francis company. Todd is the author of the Managed Care Contracting Handbook, 2nd ed., (2009, CRC) the Physician Employment Contracting Handbook, (1999, McGraw Hill, HFMA and MGMA) and several other industry titles. She is also finalizing a new book on Medical Tourism Program Development, a trade book aimed at hospitals, physicians, dentists, surgery centers, and other medical tourism and global healthcare program developers.
As part of the research for the Facilitator Handbook, she reached out to a few of the Medical Tourism Association's members who are established MTA member facilitators in the industry. All of those to whom she reached out associated with the Medical Tourism Association refused to assist. Notes todd, A few other requests from non-MTA members are still pending, but they too may refuse. I still have hope. "It's okay, the book will still be written and published with or without their contributions to the work."
What was requested was a look at a template client agreement to boil down the common and essential elements, best practices, and weaknesses of enforceability. Todd offered to sign a Non-disclosure Agreement with each and promised not to share the document with anyone. What is to be created is a checklist of elements and a commentary - not a contract template, per se.
"It seems that professional cammaraderie and a desire to strengthen the industry is not a reality, at least among those who have responded," says Todd. Three very specific issues were the focus of her research, first - the use of disclaimers for malpractice associated with the medical tourism episode of care, and second, the issue of dispute resolution, and third - term and termination provisions. By reviewing the entire document, she was hoping to find other best practices, novel approaches and cues of trends that need improvement industry- wide. I have some samples, but I was really trying to broaden the research to have a larger sampling. "If anyone wishes to contribute examples of these sections from a facilitator/client agreement, I would be most appreciative." Her deadline for submission of the manuscript is April 30, 2009.
Todd can be reached at
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or via Skype at maria.todd.global
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