MedEscort International is a Professional, Experienced, Economical and Effective Solution.
We provide a tailored, systemic, stop loss solution to the irrecoverable financial losses resulting from Unfunded Foreign Patients (UFPs) in American hospitals. Hospitals incur months, or years, of irrecoverable financial losses for care provided to Uninsured Foreign Patients (UFPs are illegal residents and/or uninsured tourists). UFPs are admitted via the ER without the hospital's ability to deny care. The higher the acuity, the greater the loss. CFOs understand that repatriation is a stop loss solution that ends open-ended losses. Our methods ensure that repatriation of UFPs is a responsible, commendable, and secure.
In many cases, hospitals are unable to simply discharge uninsured foreign patients (UFPs) due to regulatory, safety and risk management considerations. We have come to understand this very clearly, that is why after 40 years of experience in providing the highest quality, aeromedical transportation, we developed a comprehensive solution to the complex financial, legal and medical problem presented by UFPs. View our case study below:
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Uninsured Foreign Patients (UFP) Have Substantially Higher L.O.S: In our experience, L.O.S. of uninsured foreign patients, with complex medical conditions, is substantially higher than any other patient segment, including uninsured domestic patients, because UFPs do not meet medical, social or risk criteria for discharge. It is not uncommon for UFP cases to reach 1,000 days of hospitalization, SNF or ALF care. |
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MedEscort International provides proactive financial and risk management solutions that enable our clients to safely return patients to their country of origin (consistent with guidelines of the American Medical Association). Our expertise includes: health care and immigration law, hospital risk-management, international healthcare operations, managed healthcare and global medical transportation.
Our team works collaboratively with all relevant stakeholders of the hospital and provides an objective recommendation and individualized care plan for all repatriations. We provide a cost-effective approach to a serious financial/legal and medical problem by assuming the responsibilities associated with each case. This approach helps our clients focus their efforts on the routine hospital operations, while collaboratively outsourcing these highly unusual support functions to our organization.
MedEscort International has successfully repatriated over 6,000 patients to more than 100 countries. We offer extensive patient and family consultation and education as well as access to a worldwide, specialized legal support team. MedEscort is listed with the US State Department and has direct correspondence with foreign consulates which allows us to manage all legal aspects of the patient’s transportation.
Our multifaceted process includes working with consulates and embassies to assist with various documentation, including travel documents, to navigate the legalities of international travel. This proven process expedites the entire procedure of complex discharges, which will ultimately benefit the hospital greatly.
Our years of experience and success have opened the doors for us to communicate directly with medical and rehabilitation facilities in our patients’ home countries. Our three decades of experience with our own medical director and specialized case managers have allowed us to accomplish 90% of medical transports using commercial airlines with only 10% requiring private air ambulance.
At the end of the day, our clients and beneficiary families are always pleased with our professional service and the opportunity to reunite with their loved ones.
For more information on what MedEscort can do for your hospital’s bottom line visit www.medescort.com or contact Craig Poliner, President at 1-800-255-7182.