Friday, November 1, 2013

Guarantee Programs

100% Money Back Guarantee - You Delivery a Baby or We Refund Your Money
Outcome (rather than procedure) based IVF pricing

Infertility is emotionally, physically, and financially challenging.  Reproductive endocrinologists use the latest technologies to diagnose and treat the many conditions that can cause infertility.  Fortunately, most couples become pregnant using treatments such as medications and intrauterine insemination. Advanced treatments, like IVF or frozen donor egg IVF, are sometimes required when the female is older (decreased ovarian reserve), she has failed other treatments, has tubal disease, in some cases of male infertility, and other situations.

Unfortunately, insurance companies have not recognized infertility as a “disease”.  This is difficult to understand when other treatments, such as chiropractic care, are fully covered.  Further, there is a tremendous amount of data supporting the effectiveness of infertility therapies.  Some companies will cover infertility consults and testing but rarely treatments such as IUI and IVF.

This lack of coverage creates financial hardship for many couples who need IVF to have the baby of their dreams. Approximately 50% of IVF patients will require more than one treatment cycle to conceive, further increasing cost.

Reproductive Care Center created the “IVF 100% Money Back Guarantee Program” to help couples cope with the cost of conception. Over 90% of couples will qualify for our program and the “take home” baby success rate is 94%.  We offer both “fresh” (patients eggs and sperm) and frozen donor egg cycle guarantee programs. Patients in the “fresh” program receive four IVF treatment cycles and transfer cycles for all frozen embryos.  Those in the “frozen donor egg program” also receive four frozen/thawed IVF cycles and transfer cycles for all frozen embryos.

A set price is paid before the first cycle begins. If the patient only requires one cycle to achieve pregnancy, the guarantee program is more expensive. This is because the guarantee program covers multiple cycles and there is no refund if conception occurs after the first cycle. However, the statistics demonstrate that at least 50%of IVF patients will require two or more cycles.

With a standard IVF cycle (no guarantee program), no money is refunded and if more than two cycles are required; the expense is much higher than the guarantee program. Delivery of a live baby (or refund of your money) is guaranteed.  If pregnancy does not occur after 2-3 standard IVF attempts many couples will not have the funds to pursue other options.

When a couple enrolls in one of the guarantee programs they will “take home” a baby or their money is refunded (some costs that are not paid to RCC, such as drugs or anesthesia charges are not refunded. See fertilitydr.com for full details.) They can use their refund to pursue other options, such as adoption.
We feel that the IVF Guarantee Program is an excellent way for couples to maximize success (a live baby) while preserving their treatment investment.

1 comment:

  1. I think the guarantee program is great. If we don't have a baby in two cycles, our money is gone. With the guarantee we can adopt.

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