Dear USCIPP Members,

 

USCIPP thrives because of the collective expertise, collaboration, and dedication of its members, and we are grateful for your continued engagement! Your contributions strengthen this community and help shape the future of USCIPP.

 

We remain committed to enhancing the resources and support available to you, ensuring they are more valuable, relevant, and impactful. This year, we are focused on strengthening connections, refining our offerings, and providing the insights you need to navigate challenges and seize new opportunities. Whether you’re expanding partnerships, sharing best practices, or understanding industry trends, USCIPP is here to help.

 

Below are key updates, upcoming events, and ways to engage. We look forward to working together in the months ahead.

 

Thank you for your continued support and participation! 

 

USCIPP 

uscipp@nchl.org

New Announcements

Submit your questions ahead of the upcoming USCIPP Benchmarking Info Session! 

We will be hosting an info session for members about the USCIPP 2023-2024 Annual Benchmarking Survey. 

  • Topic: Best Practices for completing the USCPP Annual Benchmarking Survey
  • Date: Thursday, February 13th
  • Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM CT

This session will provide guidance on completing the survey thoroughly and effectively.

Speakers:

  • Moderated by: Dr. Glennda Roberts, Director of Research, NCHL
  • Di Wu, Director of International Health, Keck Medicine of USC
  • Kerin Howard, Executive Director, International Patient Services, Mass General Brigham
  • Nicole Skelly, Senior Program Manager, Global Services Division, Children’s National Hospital

Session Highlights:

  • Welcome and Overview (Dr. Roberts):
    • Introduction to the session and panelists
    • Key updates to this year’s survey
    • Step-by-step guidance on logging in, navigating, and submitting the survey
  • Panel Discussion:
    • Best practices for completing the survey
    • Strategies for gathering data and generating reports
    • The value of contributing data and how it benefits your program
  • Q&A Session:
    • Open floor for members to ask questions and seek additional support

Ahead of the session, we’d like to collect questions from members to help better address some of the challenges in providing all of the data requested in the survey. If you’d like to share some challenges or have specific questions you’d like addressed during the session, please email uscipp@nchl.org. 

Calendar invitations for the info session have been sent directly to your organization’s benchmarking contacts.

 

USCIPP Listserv Questions

The USCIPP Listserv Summary from Q4 2024 can be accessed by clicking hereThis report includes responses from members about: 

  • Percentage of outstanding A/R from:
    • Saudi Health Mission in DC
    • Department of Health UAE
    • Department of Health – Abu Dhabi International Patient Care (IPC)
    • Kuwait Health Office in DC
    • Qatar Medical Office in DC
  • Compensating a subject matter expert contributing to any global consulting or education projects, who is a non-physician hospital employee.
  • International Funeral Homes

As a reminder,  USCIPP maintains the Listserv Questions Archive Workspace on the member portal with previously asked by members on the member portal. 

We encourage members to consider submitting questions as a post via the discussion board. Posts on the discussion board are pushed out to members via email. Please note these posts are not anonymous and are tied to your profile.

If you would like please click here to submit a question to be included on the next round of Listserv Questions anonymously or email uscipp@nchl.org with your question.

Discount or USCIPP Members on Registration for Global Medical Tourism Summit on February 24-25 in South Florida

 

USCIPP’s Senior Manager, Alia Ibrahim, will be attending the upcoming Global Medical Tourism Summit, February 24-25 on Singer Island, Florida, an event organized by Medical Tourism Association in partnership with Mastercard. 

The event is an executive leadership summit bringing together c-suite executives from around the world, focused on hospitals, government, insurance companies and self-funded employers. 

  • CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
  • USCIPP members can receive a 50% discount towards registration by using the code “GOUSCIPP” during registration.

The agenda is is available here.

If you need assistanceor have any questions, please email Dr. Federico Roiter, federico@medicaltourismassociation.com, who was at the 2024 USCIPP annual meeting hosted in partnership with Cedars-Sinai in Beverly Hills.

USCIPP will host a session for Premium members (only) to recap on the Q4 consultant reports for the Saudi & Mexican markets. 

  • Topic: Discussion for USCIPP premium members on Saudi Arabia & Mexico reports
  • Date:  February 28
  • Time: 11:00 – 12:00 PM CT

The purpose of the call is to discuss outcomes and findings from the reports with members, including potential  impacts on the industry that members should be aware of. Please join this session to go through the report with USCIPP, ask questions and discuss findings of the reports with your peers, and offer feedback on what you’d like to see in future reports.

 

This call is open to Premium, Premium Plus & Organizational Affiliate USCIPP members only! 

Ongoing Announcements

The monthly USCIPP Embassy Relations call will continue into 2025 and will remain scheduled on the first Wednesday of the month. 

Please check if the monthly hold has dropped off your calendars. Here is the information below to add the series to your calendar in case it dropped off.

Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system: https://www.nchl.org/wp-content/uploads/USCIPP-Embassy-Calls.ics

Topic: USCIPP Embassy Relations Call: Monthly Member Discussion

Date:   Every month on the First Wednesday

Time: 12:30 – 1:30 PM CT

Zoom Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/584030386

Meeting ID: 584 030 386

Here are the 2025 call dates: 

  • Feb 05 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
  • Mar 05 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
  • Apr 02 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
  • May 07 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
  • June 04 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
  • July 02 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
  • Aug 06 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
  • Sep 03 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
  • Oct 01 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
  • Nov 05 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT
  • Dec 03 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CT

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