Preferred Care adds a new dimension and force in the critical illness treatment process. It's a membership plan that costs less than most insurance but does something that no traditional insurance can do: provides your family with the best possible chance of a full and fast recovery from the world's most life-threatening diseases.
By pooling our member resources, Preferred Care is able to:
- Design and orchestrate delivery of best practive, quality-controlled recovery services.
- Access the world's best health care and specialists in high-volume Centers of Excellence - the top 1% of hospitals in the USA.
- Work with your local doctors to ensure the best diagnosis and treatment
- Offer an innovative insurance program that funds the entire process, financed by the world's most progressive insurance companies.
Preferred Care is a membership plan, and you need to join before critical illness strikes your family. By preparing now, you can substantially improve the chances of a full and fast recovery from the critical illnesses that strike so many of us.
Preferred Care is based on years of research into the causes of unnecessary death and disability after a critical illness. The result is a process that applies the principles to Total Quality Management to the complex process of critical treatment. The process is a detailed series of events that are specific to each case, but it can be summarized in five key stages:
- Your Personal Care Manager gets to know you.
When you report one of the critical illnesses covered, you'll be assigned a Personal Care Manager to orchestrate the entire treatment process. The Personal Care Manager's role is defined in more detail on our Care Management Services page.
- Your diagnosis is thoroughly evaluated.
Up to fifty percent of first diagnoses are inaccurate or incorrect. Since the entire treatment process depends on the diagnosis, we start the quality control here. Within 48 hours of receiving your complete medical records, the Personal Care Manager will involve one of the world's leading experts in your disease to evaluate and verify your diagnosis. The expert will be one of the leading clinicians from a U.S. Center of Excellence that sees a high volume of cases like yours. They work closely with your local doctors and our National Medical Advisor to design the best treatment for you, personally.
- You receive your detailed treatment options.
Your verified diagnosis comes back within 7 to 10 business days, depending on the type of illness, with detailed treatment options explaining the what, when and how of your treatment from start to finish. Your Personal Care Manager backed by the Care Management team are all available as appropriate to take you and your local doctors through the plan and make sure you're comfortable with it. Once you're clear about the options and implications, you decide on the course of treatment.
- Get Treatment: At home or in the U.S.
The treatment plan will give you two options: receive treatment at home, or fly to the U.S. Center of Excellence best suited to your case (always one that is independently ranked as one of the top 1% of hospitals in the U.S.). If you choose to receive treatment locally, your own local plan (or national health service) will pay.
If you choose to travel to the specialized Center of Excellence hospital in the U.S., Care Management Services will make all travel and accommodation arrangements and be there wehn you arrive to manage your care - attending meetings with doctors, getting your questions answered, seeking second opinions and ensuring your care follows best-practice principles. Your Care Management team will also arrange for all medical bills to be paid directly, so you'll have no claims processes or deductibles to worry about.
The choice of whether to travel or stay at home for treatment is always yours and yours alone - no insurance company will be involved in the decision.
- Recover at home.
After your treatment, the Care Management team works together to develop a recovery plan. When you're ready to travel home, the Care Management team will make all the arrangements. When you get home, your follow-up care will be discussed with your doctors to ensure that your recovery is properly managed.
Learn more about the Centers of Excellence.
Covered Conditions:
- Cancer treatment
- Heart surgery for coronary bypass, valve replacement or repair
- Intervention to open narrowed coronary arteries
- Neurosurgery for tumors and vascular repairs
- Major vascular surgery
- Major organ transplants
Membership Highlights:
- Diagnosis Verification and Treatment Plan within 7 to 10 business days of receiving complete records
- Detailed treatment options by world-leading specialist
- Treatment at a Center of Excellence ranked among the top 1% of U.S. hospitals with no delays
- Travel and accommodation for two, tailored to your circumstances
- Direct payment of medical bills up to USD 2 million
- The entire proces orchestrated for best practice at every step
For more information about Preferred Care or to become a member, contact us.
