US and UK Healthcare industry eyes outsourcing Medical Doctor from India – Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai will enjoy the most!
Peter Oberois, Special Correspondent
August 18, 2004

One of the outsourcing sector that will boom whether rain or shine in US and UK economies is the healthcare field. Inside sources in AMA (American Medical Association) says doctors in America specially in the rural sector of Midwest is so severe that there is no other choice than using Indian Medical help specially doctors. AMA is very happy with Indian American Doctors and their performance. They are also especially impressed with the quality of Medical education in India. 

Offshore Medical schools in Caribbean provide some doctors. But the US and UK need many doctors in the coming years as baby boomers retire and live longer. Baby boomers a flushed with cash and they need caring medical professionals. And they are going to get the best of both worlds in Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai. 

As number of uninsured people rise in the US and UK, more and more people will try to avail outsourced medical services. It is the next trend after medical drugs from Canada.

Recently a Mississippi hospital agrees to lower charges for uninsured patients. Lawyers who sued hundreds of nonprofit hospitals this summer for the way they bill uninsured patients painted their first settlement as a model for ensuring affordable care for people without coverage. But the hospital industry criticized the deal.
The agreement restructures billing practices at North Mississippi Health Services so that uninsured patients get a break in prices.

"People who are uninsured up to 400% of the federal poverty level would greatly benefit from this," said Richard Scruggs, the lead attorney who hashed out the settlement. "I'm not saying it's an absolute solution [to the uninsured patient issue], but it goes a long, long way."

Hospitals across the country have come under legal fire for the prices they charge uninsured patients and for aggressive bill-collection tactics, such as garnishing wages, against people unable to pay for their care. The proposed class-action lawsuits allege that nonprofit hospitals receiving tax breaks have a requirement to serve uninsured patients.

North Mississippi Health Services, which has 650 beds and more than $1 billion in annual billings, was not among the facilities sued. The hospital system agreed to the settlement to avoid the distraction and cost of a potential suit, said its CEO, John Heer.

Under the deal, uninsured patients who were being charged higher rates than those with private insurance or Medicare will now pay rates based on the hospital's Medicare charges. The lower an uninsured person's income, the less he or she would be charged.

Scruggs said he sees the agreement as an example other hospitals could follow to resolve the lawsuits he's brought against them.

"We view this as a win-win for everyone," he said. "If these guys can do it, it's going to be difficult for the [American Hospital Assn.] to say it's not good for the whole system."
But the AHA did not endorse the settlement. Its president, Dick Davidson, said the agreement had no bearing on the lawsuits brought against the association or hospitals.
"We, as well as the hospitals, intend to fight his baseless charges vigorously because they will divert resources hospitals need to care for their communities," Davidson said in a statement. "It is not clear why a hospital that had not been sued has reached a settlement. What is clear is that the people of America's hospitals will continue to provide care to all who come to them in need, regardless of ability to pay."

The final solution will come from outsourcing medical doctors from India like outsourcing computer programmers.