Travel Mexico Hotels

The huge number of Americans travelling to Mexico has seen many agencies; hospitals and clinics open to medical tourists, or set up specifically for them. While many offer excellent care at reasonable prices, some are taking advantage of the modern equivalent of the California gold rush.

Choosing a clinic or hospital is a lottery, and incompetent or dishonest surgeons and agencies cheat a few unlucky medical tourists. BCMTA wants to offer a “Seal of Approval” to people seeking medical services, information and referrals in the Western United States, with emphasis in California’s vast Hispanic and non-Hispanic population. BCMTA wants to make available a network of highly accredited health care providers dedicated to the practice of providing treatment with healing in mind and dedicated to wellness programmes. The organization believes that the practice of medicine requires of its practitioners an advanced level of competence and above reproach moral values. BCMTA considers for membership only those who meet this code of values.

The chairman is Judith Wilson, managing partner of the Tijuana law office of Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz. The secretary is another lawyer, R. Anthony Moya, a partner in the San Diego office of Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith. The other board members are: Mauricio Monroy, who runs investment advisors Mauricio Monroy Contadores in Tijuana; Carlos Rosette and Carolina Rosette, owners of Hi-Tek Mexico web designers; Hank Morton and Geoff Hill of Baja Bound, a major seller of Mexico auto insurance on the internet; Patrick Osio and Hector Molina, of media and marketing agency TransBorder Communications; Melissa McKeith, of attorneys Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith; Alfonso Hernandez of travel and medical tourism agency Five Star Tours based in San Diego; and Al Delino, who runs his own graphic design firm.

BCMTA will go direct to the California consumer with attendance at health expos, television and radio spot advertisements, news releases, commentary articles, networking with other organizations, and as guests on television and radio programmes, as well as reviving The Baja Connection radio program over the Internet. And an important element is the organizing of medical tours, several of which are already in the works.

BCMTA is actively inviting for membership medical institutions and practitioners who have a proven track record, and are accredited. By having only those with full accreditation the California non-profit will sustain a high degree of credibility with the U.S. public. It will work with other organizations in promoting and lobbying for Medicare payment approval for services in Mexico; and with local authorities to expedite border crossings.