We Are Now Rated the #1 Company Who Does What We Do

press release written by Richard Jordan, PR Coordinator for NC Medical Travel

10/5/2014

Clemmons, NC -- The claim that our company (NC Medical Travel) is number one is a bit of a joke. It's because we are the ONLY company who does what we do. Sure, other companies offer medical tourism, but NC Medical Travel is proud to be a step above, in a category all of our own.

The first and perhaps biggest difference is how we function as the USA office for one, specific hospital in Costa Rica. Clinica Unibe Hospital has been our trustworthy partner when sending patients from North Carolina and other places all across the USA. We develop these business relationships, and perform checks on the various degrees and credentials that doctors and hospitals hold. Our USA patients can have confidence that our company is holding our business partners to the highest standards.

Another major distinction (very much related to the first) is that we do not arrange travel to other countries. We have specialized, and our staff uses our repeat personal experiences to better provide consultations with our travelers. Our staff are certified ICT travel specialists, but just as importantly have taken the time to develop a wide-ranging knowledge of our own.

To go along with our staff's personal experiences, we also have staff visit many of the doctors and dentists that we recommend. We seek out quality partners for our travelers, but also know their quality personally. That instills confidence from knowing we not only advocate Costa Rican medicine, but also use it ourselves. We have BEEN to these doctors, HAD MEDICAL CARE with this hospital. Other companies cannot claim the same.

Another difference comes from our USA business office in Clemmons, NC. The office is for booking and appointments, not medical or any other healthcare. That office builds confidence with our USA travelers. Their payments can be made and processed in the USA. We are a member of the Greensboro (NC) Chamber of Commerce and a legal business entity, proud to be a part of the community. With our office staff of Americans born in the USA speaking English, travelers feel more at home.

As a further distinction, we pride ourselves on personal service, up to actually flying on the airplane *with* our travellers! While personal travel accompaniment is a VIP optional upgrade, our personal touch is visible in all our business. At our office, new travellers can receive much-desired travel advice and even suggestions about airport transit. Our office keeps a phone that calls Costa Rica easily and effectively, which family may use. Our staff keeps in touch with the daily well-being of our travellers with courtesy calls.

So, in short, we would like to think we are Number One among medical tourism companies, but until our industry is rated, we know what we are doing makes a positive difference in people's lives. Not every business can say that. We are proud of what we are doing.

Press Release: Doctor and Dentist from Costa Rica at Dixie Classic Fair in Winston-Salem, NC

Press release:

Written by Richard Jordan, PR Coordinator with NC Medical Travel
9/30/2014

Clemmons, NC -- Imagine a CAT scan for $500. Or a colonoscopy for $340. Perhaps dental implants for $850 each. Prices like these are unheard of for most people. There is a very good reason -- prices like these are not typicallly found in the USA.

For decades, people have been travelling to foreign countries to find better healthcare prices. For some, it is simply a dislike for spending so much. For others, it is a matter of life or death.

Doctors Esteban Urzola (Dental Implantologist) and Victor Urzola (Cosmetic Surgeon), two brothers who are on staff at Clinica Unibe Hospital in Costa Rica, have made plans to attend the Dixie Classic Fair Oct 9-12. They are not practicing medicine while in the USA, but are instead talking to average North Carolinians about their healthcare options. For some people, their treatments at Clinica Unibe Hospital have already saved them literally thousands of dollars.

The doctors will meet and greet USA residents at the booth for NC Medical Travel, a USA company in Clemmons, NC. They provide a solid base for seekers of medical tourism, and prospective travellers feel confidence that their payments go to a legitimate USA business. The office for NC Medical Travel is located in the Broyhill Suites, office #128. Their booth will be open during the entire Dixie Classic Fair, and staff are happy to help interested parties make arrangements.

Anyone wishing to meet and speak with Drs. Urzola may call 336-300-4000 to set up an time to talk. Or simply drop by. They look forward to meeting with people, and building confidence in Costa Rican healthcare at Unibe Hospital.

About NC Medical Travel to Costa Rica:
NC Medical Travel (internationally known as DentaRica) is a USA-based company with an open-to-the-public office in Clemmons, NC. They help both individuals and businesses to significantly reduce costs for healthcare. They make the cost savings of medical travel convenient and much safer than unaided medical tourism through various means, including finding trustworthy Costa Rican partners, performing background checks on these partners, setting up appointments, answering questions from USA residents, and when needed guiding their guests personally.
Their website is www.ncmedicaltravel.com/

About Unibe Hospital:
Clinica Unibe is a hospital located in sunny Costa Rica, in the capital city, San Jose. Their facility has all the required Costa Rican Ministry of Health permits, plus they have had the AAAASF accreditation since 2010. Unibe Hospital was the first such facility in Costa Rica to receive the honor of AAAASF accreditation.

Their website is www.clinicaunibe.net/

Watch Promotional Videos via YouTube

Richard's Kidney Stone Surgery in Costa Rica - Samaritan Member (5:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHfE1k64_Jo

ProMed Video for all of Costa Rica Medical Tourism (9:51 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl75h4cErWc

Regina's airport video with Dr. Wachong (2:38 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3bHCst-yXQ

Cathy and Dr. Urzola and Anesthesiologist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S9IVVZZiX0

Miranda's sunny video (1:14 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrIpIis8aNI

Meet Kathy Jordan; see our USA office in Clemmons, NC (0:44 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DozY4BNpwy0

Explaining Advantage for Self-Funded Companies (8:35 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcB2G0CXRzg

Meet your Unibe Gastroenerologist, Dr. Quesada (1:25 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ZjDu7m1dY

Meet your Unibe Cosmetic Surgeon, Dr. Victor Urzola (1:41 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Crr4I0OpE

Meet your Unibe Dentist and Implantologist, Dr. Esteban Urzola (2:48 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYg67TBhFzQ

Meet your Unibe Urologist, Dr. Lopez (video in Spanish) (4:24 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTwvgUMrSec

Commentary on USA Healthcare via Comedy Central (8:10 min)
http://digg.com/video/third-world-health-care-knoxville-tennessee-edition

The Mission and Purpose of ProMed (1:21 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpRM2O9DeTI

Meet SaludDent Dentist and Implantologist, Dr. Retana (4:16 min)
http://www.ncmedicaltravel.com/Dental-Benefits.html (please scroll down)

Christian Health Ministries featured on Mike Huckabee Show (1:41 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNsPhqilv1M

Samaritan Ministries Cost-Sharing Alternative featured (0:35 min)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/story/d/story/national-christian-organization-celebrates-birthda/60879/isyR2tjZIkS8OidYAMRaXg

Discover Costa Rica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvXNWz6qhfM

Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT) - 2013 Promo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EiGPlHW3f

Richard's Kidney Stone Surgery in Costa Rica - CheTica (5:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-QNPpdF698

In Sept, DentaRica sending 5 patients from USA to Costa Rica

Press release by Richard Jordan, PR Coordinator for DentaRica, LLC

Clemmons, NC -- Patients from the midwest and North Carolina are meeting DentaRica staff (known locally as NC Medical Travel to Costa Rica). Once together, they will board the same flight to travel on the last leg on the journey to Costa Rica's paradise of healthcare affordability. This is an image of the ideal DentaRica experience. Personal guidance and travel assistance literally all the way. This level of personal service is the VIP treatment (a $1,000 value), and offered to this group free of charge as a promotion.

Once in Costa Rica itself, the personal service doesn't stop there. Staff in North Carolina will remotely coordinate appointments and bookings and travel arrangements. One of the more complicated things will be making sure all our staff and shuttles know who to pick up when, because many of our medical and dental appointments involve consultations and thus new appointments will be frequent. Add to this that medical appointments are notorious for delays and running longer than expected. Add to that that we will have various tours leaving on different days at different times. Volcanoes, crocodile overlooks, coffee plantations, 200-foot waterfalls, white beaches, rainforests. Logistics is our biggest job, and that's what we're here for.

About DentaRica:
DentaRica (locally known as NC Medical Travel) is a USA-based company with an open-to-the-public office in Clemmons, NC. They make medical travel convenient and much safer than unassisted medical tourism through various means, including finding trustworthy Costa Rican partners, performing background checks on these partners, setting up appointments, answering questions from USA residents, and when needed guiding their guests personally.
Their website is www.ncmedicaltravel.com/

Washington Post article: "A $10,000 Blood Test? Yes, Really!"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/08/15/a-10000-blood-test-yes-really/

This article disturbed us so much, and I'm sure it will you, too. But it is good information, and turning a blind eye to the broken healthcare in the United States helps no one, least of all yourself.

We are proud that our company, NC Medical Travel to Costa Rica, can provide a way out for our fellow Americans stuck in between a rock and a hard place..all while getting top notch medical care and a great vacation, to boot!

We are not a charity, although like a good charity we help average people have a better quality of life. But only if they are willing to try something a little bit out-of-the-ordinary.

NC Medical Travel to Costa Rica to be exhibitor at both Dixie Classic Fair and NC Mountain State Fair

Press release written by Richard Jordan, PR Coordinator for NC Medical Travel
06-30-2014

Clemmons, NC -- NC Medical Travel to Costa Rica (known internationally as DentaRica) is making final arrangements to be exhibitors at two major regional fairs, the Dixie Classic Fair in October and the NC Mountain State Fair in September. They will be unveiling their newest promotional video, made in conjunction with the partner hospital, Clinica Unibe.

 This video has been a true international effort, with part filmed in North Carolina and part made in Costa Rica. It is designed to help businesses understand exactly how NC Medical Travel can benefit their bottom line, as well as their value to both existing and prospective employees. In it, specific questions are answered, such as "Why will my employees chose to travel?"

These fairs are both well-attended, and NC Medical Travel anticipates meeting many types of people, although most will be individuals and small business owners. The new video, even if not directly addressing these attendees, will be of extreme interest. The video features a patient testimonial of a NC resident while in Costa Rica for treatment from partners of NC Medical Travel. The video clearly shows the hospital itself, the doctors, and even the airport! Perhaps most importantly they will see for themselves the high standards in healthcare practiced by the Costa Rican facilities.

To better illustrate the cost savings being discussed, it is often useful to compare the cost and savings of various costly procedures as hip replacements and knee surgery. It is realistic for U.S. health costs to be $50,000 for many such procedures. The Costa Rican cost may be as low only $16,000 for the same procedure with the same FDA guidelines. $24,000 is an enormous savings, weather to a business or to an individual.

About NC Medical Travel to Costa Rica:
DentaRica (locally known as NC Medical Travel) is a USA-based company with an open-to-the-public office in Clemmons, NC. They help both individuals and businesses to significantly reduce costs for healthcare. They make the cost savings of medical travel convenient and much safer than unaided medical tourism through various means, including finding trustworthy Costa Rican partners, performing background checks on these partners, setting up appointments, answering questions from USA residents, and when needed guiding their guests personally.
Their website is www.ncmedicaltravel.com/

About Unibe Hospital:
Clinica Unibe is a hospital located in sunny Costa Rica, in the capital city, San Jose. Their facility has all the required Costa Rican Ministry of Health permits, plus they have had the AAAASF accreditation since 2010. Unibe Hospital was the first such facility in Costa Rica to receive the honor of AAAASF accreditation.
Their website is www.clinicaunibe.net/

About the NC Mounain State Fair:
In 2013, the NC Mountain State Fair drew over 191,000 during the 10-day event.
Their website is http://www.mountainfair.org/

About the Dixie Classic Fair:
In 2013, the Dixie Classic Fair drew over 320,000 people during the 10-day event.
Their website is http://www.dcfair.com/

World Health Organization's ratings for nation's overall healthcare

Although wikipedia is not entirely accurate, this information is widely in agreement with other sites, including the WHO's own.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization_ranking_of_health_systems_in_2000

What is really amazing is how the US is not rated especially high, although not especially low either.

This is not new information or anything secret. It is simply not widely thought about.

Costa Rica is ranked HIGHER than the U.S. See for yourself. Why would someone who has decided on medical tourism choose to travel to a country with a lower rating? As far as money matters are the reason, Costa Rica is as affordable as many other destinations.

Recently, I wrote a blog post about escaping USA hospitals because of medical errors and sloppy healthcare. The WHO rankings demonstrate the same problems, and also the urgency to find a better alternative.