Media Release: May 12, 2009
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Mobile Surgery International Partners with OCA Hospital
to Develop First Latin American
Center of Excellence with Global Convenience™
New partnership offers expanded access
to choice, quality, and cost-efficiency for patients and payers
AVENTURA, Fla. and MONTERREY, Mexico, May 12, 2009 – Mobile Surgery International (MSI) and OCA Hospital have reached agreement for the hospital to host MSI-coordinated surgical teams at its facilities in Monterrey, Mexico. This agreement expands MSI’s ability to offer patients surgical choice in high quality facilities close to the United States, and it increases OCA Hospital’s capabilities as a center of excellence for certain types of treatment. The agreement also gives MSI a base of operations at a non-US institution in a Spanish speaking country that is certified by Joint Commission International.
“We decided to conclude this agreement with OCA Hospital first and foremost because the hospital offers the surgical capabilities and facilities we wanted,” said Arnon Krongrad, MD, “However, we also liked its location in a Latin American country, its proximity to the US, and the bilingual capabilities of key personnel at the institution. These features add cultural and geographical convenience and quality for patients. We have also been able to collaborate with OCA Hospital’s administration to eliminate unnecessary overheads and other costs, which will bring our clients economic convenience.” Dr. Krongrad is Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director of Mobile Surgery International.
“Very few hospitals can have resident physicians capable of offering all necessary forms of medical and surgical care at the highest level of quality,” acknowledged Dan Levinson, Chief Executive Officer of OCA Hospital. “OCA is Mexico’s largest private hospital, and oncology is one of our priority areas of focus. This agreement with Mobile Surgery International has brought us immediate access to an advanced cancer surgical program: no learning curve and no time to market. We had certification by JCI; now we have endorsement by MSI!”
In March, 2009 Mobile Surgery International first demonstrated the ability of a mobile surgical model to simultaneously deliver choice, quality, and cost containment to patients. It sent an uninsured American and his American surgical team to Trinidad. In so doing, MSI delivered the treatment the patient chose and cut his cost by more than 50%. MSI’s Trinidad-based Center of Excellence with Global Convenience™ offers services to individual patients and commercial payers primarily from the English Caribbean and eastern United States. MSI’s Monterrey-based center at OCA Hospital offers services to individual patients and commercial payers primarily from Latin America and the central and western United States.
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About Mobile Surgery International: Mobile Surgery International offers patients and payers from anywhere in the world surgical choice and quality with cost containment through its Centers of Excellence with Global Convenience™. To do this, MSI is cutting overhead, recruiting outstanding surgical talent, and identifying host surgical facilities. It provides differentiating surgical programs and develops custom solutions to administrative needs with minimal regard to geography. Whether the patient comes to the surgeon, the surgeon goes to the patient, or patient and surgeon meet at a mutually convenient location, MSI coordinates all necessary arrangements at a cost agreeable to the patient and/or the payer. MSI is an operational unit of the Krongrad Institute. For more information about Mobile Surgery International, see www.emeseye.com.
About OCA Hospital: OCA Hospital is the largest and most up-to-date private hospital in Mexico. Based in Monterrey, about 200 miles west of Brownsville, Texas, OCA Hospital is an internationally recognized medical institution with more than 30 years of experience. In recent years it has made major investments in technology and infrastructure as well as in its medical and surgical capabilities. OCA Hospital is one of the few hospitals in the world that is certified according to ISO 9001-2000 standards. It has also won a Quality Award from Nuevo Leon state. OCA Hospital is certified by Joint Commission International.
Media contact:
For Mobile Surgery International: Arnon Krongrad, MD
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