New 2009 Deloitte

Medical Tourism: Update and Implications - 2009 Report

Cost-saving medical tourism projected to grow 35 percent annually

With health care costs increasing at six percent per year for the next decade, and medical tourism offering savings of up to 70 percent after travel expenses, the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions estimates that the medical tourism industry will recover from the current economic downturn and attain 35 percent annual growth in coming years. This growth holds important implications for U.S. health care providers, health plans, consumers and the government.

A new study, “Medical Tourism: Update and Implications,” updates the Center’s 2008 report on the industry and examines the many factors that have influenced the growth and regulation of patients traveling for medical care, including Washington’s search for ways to control the country’s soaring health care costs. This timely study already has generated coverage by news media, including the Associated Press and USA Today.

This new report features:

• Medical tourism guidelines
• The role of health plans to incentivize medical travel
• States’ initiatives to adopt legislation
• Growth of foreign medical sites
• Impact of the U.S. economic downturn

Medical tourism has transitioned from a cottage industry to an acceptable alternative for elective care that’s safe and cost effective if coordinated by reputable health plans and providers. The emergent technologies of distance medicine combined with insurance coverage for certain low-risk procedures provide a backdrop for health growth in this sector.

First choice in Quality, Cost and Care.

Our vision is making travel to Spain available to receive world class health care a simple and desirable option for Americans and Canadians.

Our goal is to be recognized by Americans and Canadians as the first choice provider for medical and surgical care.

Our aim is to surpass the services offered by other medical tourism companies and produce a medical travel experience of the highest quality for people seeking non-acute surgical treatment. We are confident that Spain is perfectly placed to be at the forefront of such a service, providing first world health care with highly experienced, well trained specialists and excellent private hospitals.

SimpleCare Med Retreat believes in a complete approach to treatment, achieved by a close relationship with the patients’ doctors in their own country. This relationship results in relevant diagnostics tests being undertaken before arrival in Spain and Our guarantee is that, you will receive the highest quality health care at an internationally accredited hospital from a board certified surgeon using state-of-the-art equipment then, recuperate in a 4-5 star hotel and save up to 70% of the procedure cost in the US.


The only costs you will be responsible for before you return home will be your airfare and hotel expenses.

We’re confident, once you get to know us you won’t want to go through the process in any other way.

Wishing you a healthy and happy day from the SimpleCare Medical Retreat team.

Medical Tourism

Medical travel to Spain for American based Insurance companies.

The choice is yours.

Health Insurance Companies

Now Insurers can offer a high quality product complete with affordability in health premiums that allows you access to the rapidly growing medical travel and self insured market with a product and a destination whose quality you can trust and rely on. This allows you the competitive advantage to offer world-class quality surgical and medical services with reduced costs to your company and reduced (or no) 'out of pocket' expenses for your members.

The benefits to the insurer of offering a medical travel option may include:

• Market expansion: offering low premium products to sections of the market that are currently not members.
• Market consolidation: offering a lower cost solution to existing members.
• Limiting premium risk: providing lower cost, high quality procedures allows the insurer to manage their premium pool with more elasticity.
• Limit premium increases. The potential to limit premium increases: of particular importance in current financial times. With US medical inflation running at over 10%, the access to a lower cost provider will allow a deceleration of the premium increase.
• Provider competition to existing medical providers: resulting in a reduction in cost of local providers.
Find out how we can help your company to develop a tailor -made product option involving Medical Travel

Self Insuring Companies

We offer companies that provide self insurance to your employees to make substantial savings from your employee medical benefit costs but without compromising quality and yet providing your employees with a medical experience in one of the most beautiful, clean and tranquil countries in the world.. PPO, and cost containment companies

For all third party administrators (TPAs), Preferred Provider organizations (PPOs) or networks and cost containment companies medical travel to Spain offers you the chance to provide your clients with an option that will enable them to cut costs but not compromise on quality for non-acute surgical and medical services.

Physician Groups.

Work with us to provide affordable high quality healthcare to your patients who, for whatever reason, want or need care abroad.

SimpleCare is interested in partnering with you to provide access to world class, first world medical facilities and surgeons in a first world country.

Many of our specialists have trained and are board certified in North America and all are extremely experienced in the operations they perform.

The hospitals we use are all internationally accredited.

Affordable Surgery Packages for Americans in Spain

SimpleCare can offer your patients access to world-class quality in non-acute elective surgery, at a fraction of the cost of their surgery in the USA.

In these difficult times you will have patients who delay their surgery due to the fact that while they need it, they cannot afford it...This is where we can help your patients.

Talk to your patient about SimpleCare. We can provide affordable surgery packages, without compromising on quality.

We also partner with physicians groups interested in obtaining sharing agreements with local insurers or self insuring companies.

The Medical Specialists?

The specialists we use are some of the best that New Spain has to offer.

All have specialty training in Spain, US, as well as the UK.

Affordable healthcare abroad

World class affordable medical tourism & travel in Spain

We offer American businesses the chance to provide your customers with personalized international medical tourism and travel packages, centered around world class affordable surgery and aftercare. This all occurs in a first world, country renown for both for its medical heritage, care and its stunning natural beauty.

We currently work with a variety of business including health insurers, Third Party Administrators, Preferred Provider Organizations and self Insuring companies as well as physician groups.

What we offer you

Exceptional value

Non-acute operations and medical procedures (such as hip and knee replacements, coronary artery bypass and heart valve replacement surgeries) are available for significantly less than what they would cost in other first world countries, especially the United States. Most operations range from 50-70% less than the cost of the same procedure in the USA.

World-class healthcare

The medical specialists we use are highly experienced physicians. All speak English and have had extensive training in Spain and abroad. Many are considered leaders in their field.

The hospitals we use are all accredited to international standards.

Assistance throughout.

SimpleCare will assist you with the comprehensive implementation of a medical travel option for your customers. This includes:

• Marketing Partnership. SimpleCare partners with you to develop strategic marketing plans to make such an option attractive to your customers.
• Patient Coordinators who provide personalized assistance to the patients with every step of the travel and treatment: including arranging return flights and accommodation, meeting at the airport in Malaga Spain, booking specialist appointments and operations, organizing aftercare while in the country, and liaising with USA based medical staff on appropriate follow-up care.
Why Spain?

Spain has a very high quality healthcare system and costs are relatively lower than in many other developed countries. Combine these advantages with spectacular scenery, a sophisticated, multicultural society and friendly, open people, and you can see why Spain is a first choice destination for stress-free surgical and medical treatment.

We appreciate you have a choice so compare SimpleCare to other medical travel destinations and see the difference.

Wishing you a healthy and happy day from the SimpleCare Medical Retreat team.

Quality of Care?


Don’t think that low prices equal inferior quality. Quite the contrary. Many of the most advanced medical facilities in the world exist outside of the United States, with specific programs carefully designed to attract international patients such as your self. In fact, these hospitals have spent the last decade preparing for the explosive growth of health tourism, specifically adhering to the same high standards that we in the United States have come to trust.


With SimpleCare Medtral your in good hands from beginning all the way through your return and beyond. Let us show you the difference of working with an actual Health-Care provider and not an agent or facilitator.

We believe everyone should have access to quality and affordable care and the ability to choose coverage that meets his or her needs.

Wishing you a healthy and happy day from the SimpleCare Medical Retreat team.

Incredible Savings
Why do people consider medical tourism? The answer is simple...
...Safe and Affordable Healthcare.
Overseas healthcare saves you up to 70% of the cost here in the U.S.

Medical Tourism

Welcome to SimpleCare, a private international healthcare provider facilitating affordable healthcare. Thru our Medical Tourism Division we make Healthcare even safer for patients around the globe


We realize it’s not every day you travel abroad for medical care, that’s why we've developed a comprehensive program to guarantee a safe and pleasurable outcome. We realize you have a choice in which medical tourism company you use. So, we'd like to show you the value of our services, helping you understand the importance of working with an international healthcare provider that utilizes a safe, proven, detailed process when traveling abroad for medical care.


If you are one of the 45 million Americans without medical insurance or one of the 250 million with insurance, but have restricted coverage due to pre-existing conditions or one of the potential Americans seeking elective orthopedic, cardiothoracic, cosmetic or dental surgery… then you’ll be amazed at the value of traveling abroad. After your procedure, You’ll recuperate in beautiful Marbella Spain. As an added benefit you may choose to enjoy all that Spain has to offer for a fraction of the cost of the medical procedure in the US, You see, we’re not a broker or agent, as an actual healthcare provider in Spain we provide you with access to the best hospitals, and specialist that have been chosen to participate as part of our provider network.


Our guarantee is that, you will receive the highest quality healthcare at an internationally accredited hospital from a board certified surgeon using state-of-the-art equipment then, recuperate in a 4-5 star hotel and save up to 70% of the procedure cost in the US.


If you decide to proceed you will not be required to send any money overseas before your arrival. Only a 20% deposit will be collected and held in SimpleCare’s U.S. bank account to book your surgery We’re confident, once you get to know us you won’t want to go through the process in any other way.


Although we personally know the high level of quality that we provide, at this point, you may not. If for any reason you decide not to receive your surgery once you have met your surgeon and toured the hospital, SimpleCare will refund your full deposit within 7 business days.


The only costs you will be responsible for before you return home will be your airfare and hotel expenses.


Wishing you a healthy and happy day from the SimpleCare Medical Retreat team.