Medical Tourism: Defining and Implementing Best Practices to Drive the Next Generation of Global Healthcare

Partner Fredric Entin is speaking at the World Congress Forum on “Medical Tourism: Defining and Implementing Best Practices to Drive the Next Generation of Global Healthcare” on November 9, 2007 in Arlington, VA.

Mr. Entin is speaking from 2:35 p.m. – 3:35 p.m. with Renee-Marie Stephano, Editor-in-Chief and General Counsel for Medical Tourism Association. Their session is titled “Balancing Opportunities and Risk: What Should Providers, Payers, and Employers Consider?”

Topics to be covered include:

• What is likely to happen if a US citizen has a bad result abroad?
  
• Can a foreign provider avoid jurisdiction in a US court?
  
• What is the effect on jurisdiction and liability of a continuum of care involving US physicians?
  
• Will employers offering care options abroad be sued in the US and will they be liable?
  
• What theories of liability will US attorneys try to assert to obtain jurisdiction and liability?
  
• What can a foreign provider do to defend itself if a US court asserts jurisdiction?