Legal Issues for Medical Tourism Facilitators
This forum has been quiet for too long.
While I met many of you at Medical Tourism conference in Los Angeles in October, I want to keep our conversations going throughout the year. I'm now working with a number of U.S.-based medical tourism facilitators. Some of the issues they face are universal: constructing appropriate contracts, limiting exposure to vicarious liability for the acts of overseas physicians, drafting appropriate choice of law provisions, and the like. But I would be delighted to hear from our community about any legal issue - large or small - you have encountered in developing your own businesses.
It is often too easy for an attorney -- when looking for an issue to write about -- to become interested in arcane legal doctrine rather than real-world problems. I'd like to hear from you about specific legal issues medical tourism businesses encounter. It would be my hope that I could draft an occasion post to this forum that would improve everyone's understanding of the legal issues surrounding medical tourism.
So please let me know if you have anything you would like to see discussed here. Even if -- perhaps especially if -- it's a question you think might be too simple to address. I am one of a handful of attorneys in the United States who specialize in this field and while I cannot offer specific legal advice to your situation in this forum, I hope I can be a more general resource to this community in the months and years ahead.
Best,
-Andrew Lloyd
The Lloyd Law Group PC
andrewlloyd@lloydlawpc.com
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Permalink Reply by Jay G. Hodgkin on -
Legal questions are always going to come up early in the thoughts of medical tourists. What are the basic legal issues facilitators should address when creating a business and how does one explain them to customers?
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Permalink Reply by Roberta E. Winter on -
I agree on the all is quiet front, too quiet. It seems to me there is no recourse within the US court system for a patient who obtains treatment in another country. This is one way for employers to avoid some of the malpractice costs they complain about. However, what does merit discussion is the medical liability of a physician who treats a patient who has had the procedure off shore. Thoughts?
Sincerely,
Roberta Winter -
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