How to Access Mexican Healthcare with Your American Insurance

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How to Access Mexican Healthcare with Your
American Insurance Plan

• When I tell people I live in Mexico, they often
  ask me several questions, including what happens
  if you get sick? If you are an American or
  Canadian traveling or living here, accessing
  healthcare can be easy when you have the right
  tools. I recently sat down with Dr. Peter Gordon,
  an expat who has been practicing medicine in
  Mexico for almost twenty years, to discuss how he
  ended up here and the easiest way to access the
  best medical care using your own insurance.
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• Dr. Gordon first came to Mexico in his youth
  looking for a medical education before returning
  to the American medical system. Finding Mexico
  easier to navigate than Europe, he ended up at
  Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. Affiliated
  with the World Health Organization, the
  Rockefeller Organization, and others, the school
  was a great place to start and offered a very
  hands-on education. He studied for several years
  before returning to the U.S to begin his
  specialty training in Chicago and Troy, Michigan.
• After finishing his training, Dr. Gordon was
  invited to stay on as faculty. He took over
  directorship of the office and eventually began
  to take over directorship of utilization review,
  which reviews patients being discharged. Having
  worked in a more administrative setting for
  almost ten years, Dr. Gordon began engaging in
  outside volunteer work, one of his favorite ways
  to get involved and give back to the community.

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• It was around this time that he decided he was
  ready to get back to what he loved, which was
  helping people. He and his family began to see
  their lifestyle changing in Michigan and they
  didnt like the direction it was going, so they
  moved back to Guadalajara where he started a solo
  private practice. After a few years, he realized
  there was a surplus of doctors in Guadalajara,
  and his practice was growing at a slower pace
  than he expected. At this same time, Dr. Gordon
  had a friend who was encouraging him to relocate.
• While growing his private office after making the
  move east, Dr. Gordon continued to dedicate his
  time to more volunteer work and different
  community groups, including the Navy League. It
  was through this work with retired veterans that
  he became involved with Lakeside Medical Group.
  When Dr. Gordon heard about the groups program,
  he began inquiring about the possibility of
  expanding, as they were only working with doctors
  in the Ajijic area at the time.
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• Lakeside Medical Group offers comprehensive
  medical care in Mexico covered by over 360
  insurance companies in the U.S and Canada. The
  group is 100 compliant with billing laws and can
  even accept Advantage Plans despite not being
  able to access benefits associated with Medicare
  A and B. Their network of providers includes
  physicians at locations owned and operated by the
  group, as well as a long list of independent
  providers including specialists, hospitals,
  laboratories, diagnostic centers, out-patient
  facilities, and pharmacies. Dr. Gordon is just
  one of the many providers made available through
  the group.
• The best part about Lakeside Medical Group is how
  easy everything is. Providing quality care is
  important to them. They do all the work to search
  out trusted facilities to partner with and you
  know you can always feel comfortable with who you
  are seeing, even if you are just traveling and
  need to visit urgent care in an emergency.

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• Accessing their services is as easy as filling
  out a registration form, there are no fees or
  expenses to the patient member aside from an
  occasional small copay. They handle all the
  billing between the provider in Mexico and your
  insurance in the U.S. or Canada, which means that
  the group covers any bills and payments to the
  providers, including hospitals. Depending on your
  coverage, you can come in and see Dr. Gordon or
  one of the groups other doctors for as little as
  100 pesos, or visit a hospital for only 500
  pesos and rest easy knowing the rest is taken
  care of. Lakeside Medical Group contacts your
  insurance provider so you dont ever have to deal
  with any paperwork or wait to be reimbursed.

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• One of the reasons Dr. Gordon and other doctors
  or facilities choose to work with Lakeside
  Medical Group is because it is a benefit to their
  office as well. It allows them to increase the
  volume of patients they see without having to go
  through the red tape with insurance providers.
  Being paid by an American insurance company, a
  process that normally takes six months to a year
  ends up having a turnaround time of fifteen to
  thirty days when it is processed through Lakeside
  Medical Group.
• The uniting factor between providers like Dr.
  Peter Gordon and Lakeside Medical Group is that
  they both strive to help people. They believe
  that healthcare should be simple and affordable
  no matter where you are and will do what it takes
  to make that happen. To learn more about their
  services
• visit www.lakemedicalgroup.com

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About us

• Lakeside Medical Group is similar to a Managed
  Care HMO and we accept over 350 different
  American medical plans.
• There is no cost to join
• Membership and Registration are free
• There are NO hidden fees
• We provide coverage for your medical needs while
  travelling or living in Mexico
• With our medical group of primary care physicians
  and extensive network of Hospitals, Urgent Care
  Centers and Board Certified
  Specialists, Primary Care Physicians (PCP), lab
  and diagnostic centers and pharmacies we
  provide comprehensive managed medical care using
  your current and existing policy benefits from
  your United States medical
  insurance policy.

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Contact us

• Our main office in Chapala-Ajijic is now co-
  located in Hospital San Antonio at Hidalgo 23
  San Antonio de Tlayacapan [phone].
• Toll Free from the USA and Canada 1-888-449-7799
  and Toll Free from any phone in Mexico
  01-800-681-9396
• We can be reached 24-7 at 376-766-0395 and toll
  free in Mexico 01-800-681-9396.
• Our toll free from US and Canada is
  1-888-449-7799
• 52 [phone]
• http//www.lakemedicalgroup.com

Mexico 01-800-681-9396
https//www.lakemedicalgroup.com/
US 1-888-449-7799