Affiliation with tour company allows one-stop access to scenic attractions
COLUMBIA, S.C., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Clients of Companion Global Dental who travel to Costa Rica for care now have a convenient way to see Costa Rica's volcanoes, national parks, coffee farms, biological reserves and other breathtaking scenery while awaiting their dental appointments.
Companion Global Dental, a division of Columbia, S.C.-based Companion Global Healthcare Inc., has affiliated with Tropical Expeditions of Costa Rica to provide its clients with day or overnight tours of popular attractions. Clients may schedule tours for before or after completion of dental work, or between appointments if multiple visits are required over several days.
Companion Global Dental coordinates all arrangements for dental care, travel and Tropical Expeditions tours.
Companion Global Dental affiliated with Prisma Dental Clinic and Meza Dental Care, both located in San Jose, Costa Rica, in 2007, as those clinics became the first to join Companion Global Dental's overseas network. The three key dentists who operate the clinics all trained in the United States.
Companion Global Dental provides streamlined access to dental clinics around the world that treat patients at rates lower than those in the United States. The company serves as a single launch point for appointments, case management and travel services.
Tropical Expeditions (www.tropicalexpeditionsofcostarica.com) specializes in tours for medical patients. Tours, including white-water rafting, waterfall excursions, rain forest tours and more, are led by English-speaking guides certified in first aid and CPR.
"Many Americans who travel for affordable dental treatment want to combine sight-seeing with their clinical care, and our agreement with Tropical Expeditions allows our clients to do that with one phone call," said Phil Midden, Companion Global Dental's manager of operations. "Costa Rica is a beautiful country, and our clients will be able to take in its sights and obtain dental care at an affordable, all-inclusive price."
Companion Global Dental serves individuals, as well as insurance companies and employer groups that wish to include an overseas option in their benefit plans. All BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and BlueChoice(R) HealthPlan of South Carolina members have access to Companion Global Dental's network clinics at discounted rates.
For more information about Companion Global Dental or Companion Global Healthcare, call 1-800-906-7065. BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and BlueChoice HealthPlan members can learn more about Companion Global Healthcare by visiting the "Discounts and Added Values" section of www.SouthCarolinaBlues.com. Companion Global Healthcare is a separate company that does not offer BlueCross or BlueChoice HealthPlan products. Companion Global Healthcare is solely responsible.
Headquartered in Columbia, S.C., BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and wholly owned subsidiary BlueChoice HealthPlan of South Carolina Inc. are independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. BlueCross, BlueShield, BlueChoice and the Cross and Shield symbols are registered marks of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
