Companion Global Healthcare Awarded for Outstanding Web Site

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Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:00am EST

COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Medical travel company
Companion Global Healthcare Inc., which helps self-insured employers and
individuals access lower-cost health care at accredited hospitals outside the
United States, has been honored for providing useful information and
outstanding customer service through its Web site, 
www.CompanionGlobalHealthcare.com.

The Columbia-based company received second-place honors in the "Best Website
for International Medical Travel" category during the prestigious 2008
Consumer Health World Awards, presented in Washington, D.C.

Consumer Health World, which produces health care-related conferences and
trade shows, created the awards to recognize excellence and advancement in
service, products and programs that enhance consumers' abilities to manage
their health care expenditures and improve health care quality. 

More than 20 health care industry professionals judged the award entries. In
evaluating Companion Global Healthcare's site, judges noted the "PushCall"
feature, which allows clients to click a button to initiate voice contact with
a Companion Global Healthcare representative 24 hours a day.

"We provide round-trip customer service so our clients can focus on their
health," said David Boucher, Companion Global Healthcare's president. "We take
care of flight arrangements, ground transportation, transferring medical
records, and more."

The Web site includes information about Companion Global Healthcare's network
hospitals and dental clinics around the world, as well as cost estimates for
various procedures.

All network hospitals are accredited by the Joint Commission International
(JCI), and all have completed Companion Global Healthcare's extensive
credentialing process. The hospitals' fees are up to 90 percent less than
those typically charged by U.S. facilities.

About Companion Global Healthcare
Companion Global Healthcare Inc., headquartered in Columbia, S.C., provides
assistance to clients who travel to its network hospitals, serving as a single
launch point for appointments, travel arrangements, case management, medical
travel insurance, follow-up care in the United States, and help with claims
filing. The company serves uninsured and underinsured individuals, as well as
employers and insurance companies that have included the Companion Global
Healthcare network in their benefit plans. 

About Consumer Health World
Consumer Health World (www.ConsumerHealthWorld.com) is one of the country's
premier conference and trade show producers, with vertical industry expertise
in advertising, marketing, health care, media, travel, financial services,
entertainment and sports. Consumer Health World produces: The National
Conference On Health Care Consumerism, The Health 3.0 Summit, and The Health
Care Globalization Summit.


SOURCE  Companion Global Healthcare Inc.

Billy Quarles of Companion Global Healthcare Inc., +1-803-264-5779
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