SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Satori World Medical, a global healthcare company in the emerging medical tourism industry, announced its new partnership with Integrated Healthcare, LLC (IHC), a technology company dedicated to delivering cost-saving, consumer-driven health plan tools and solutions to America's self-funded employers, and their workforces.

Integrated Healthcare is committed to providing succinct and easy-to-use, point-and-click technology that allows consumers to access details on their Health Reimbursement Account (HRA), Health Savings Account (HSA), and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) to stretch their healthcare dollars. It also provides a quality support system and promotes wellness with its affiliation with Health Dialogue.

Steven Lash, Satori World Medical President & CEO, said, "This partnership was natural; it just made sense. Both our companies focus on promoting and engaging consumer choice with cost-effective solutions and tools to guide consumers in making informed decisions. Integrated Healthcare focuses on providing solutions to medium sized employers and the brokers and Third Party Administrators (TPAs) who serve them. This is also a market which benefits from Satori World Medical's value-added consumer-directed product which provides significant cost-saving solutions."


"This partnership adds great value to the customers we serve," added Jim Williams, Integrated Healthcare's Chief Marketing & Technology Officer. "IHC's customers (employers, benefit brokers, consultants, and TPAs) are all looking for cost-effective and measurable solutions that provide value to employees. Satori World Medical's high quality global healthcare network that shares the savings with all participants, including employees, through tax-advantaged HRAs and HSAs, is exactly the type of consumer friendly program that can significantly reduce employers' healthcare expenditures and improve their bottom line."

Satori World Medical's Health & Shared Wealth Programâ„¢ is the industry's first global healthcare benefit program that enables all participants to share in the economic benefits of global healthcare.

With Satori World Medical, employers utilize HRAs to fund a portion of the significant savings generated by the employee when they elect to undergo a surgical procedure through the Satori Global Networkâ„¢. The savings range from 40 to 80 percent. A portion of the difference in cost, when compared to the same procedure performed in the U.S., is shared by the employer with the employee by funding a HRA, a tax-advantaged account that employees can use to pay their future medical expenses. Additionally, the employer waives any co-pays or deductibles when the Satori Global Network^TM is selected. Such an arrangement creates a win-win for all stakeholders.

This program can be seamlessly added to any benefit plan design and has no monthly fee to the employer or health plan. Satori World Medical provides a single bill in U.S. dollars which is easy to adjudicate. As a result, companies reduce their claims processing costs without any foreign currency exchange fluctuations. Satori World Medical works only with high quality Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited hospitals for contracted, high-cost, elective surgical procedures. Satori provides end-to-end customer service and has designed the program and services to meet the needs of the U.S. Third Party Payor System.

About Satori World Medical

Satori World Medical is the world's first global healthcare network and service company specifically designed to deliver high quality healthcare services, share the tremendous cost savings with plan sponsors and their employees and coordinate all medical and travel services for individuals who need care. For more information about Satori World Medical, please call +1 (619) 704-2000 or visit the company's Web site at http://www.satoriworldmedical.com.


About Integrated Healthcare, LLC

Integrated Healthcare, LLC (IHC), delivers a revolutionary point-and-click Consumer Driven Healthcare Platform that merges health and wealth information, giving employees easy access with just one log-in. This platform strives to change employee behavior through financial incentives and informational tools, including Health Savings Accounts, smoke-cessation programs, weight management programs, and health risk assessments.

Promoting the long-term health of employees in an effort to improve their quality of life and reduce their employers' healthcare costs is the core goal of IHC. With this cost-effective, forward-thinking approach, the company provides employers and employees an array of proven and effective products and services, and innovative online tools, to effectively manage their health and associated costs. For more information about IHC, please visit www.integratedhci.com.





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Source: Satori World Medical