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IVF Shared Cost (Refund) Programs
IVF Shared Cost Programs divide potential financial
risks between patients and provider. In a way, they can
be considered "mini-insurance programs" for the infertile
couple that does not have access to medical insurance coverage
for fertility services. A number of IVF programs have offered
Shared Cost programs for IVF by offering to refund part
or all of a pre-deposited payment in case a couple does
not conceive. Of course, the pre-deposited amount exceeds
the usual IVF costs because patients who conceive end up
paying for those who don't. The provider's risk is that,
with decreasing pregnancy rates, the overall fee per cycle
conducted decreases. Physicians therefore have a great incentive
to maximize pregnancy rates, which has led to concerns that
this not be done at the expense of creating a high incidence
of multiple births.
CHR offers three different Shared Cost programs.
One is the traditional IVF- refund program, which we have
also extended to egg donor cycles. In a second refund program,
we offer traditional pre-IVF treatment for a number of cycles,
though we no longer recommend such a treatment approach
because of its high risk for multiple births. And finally,
in a third program that is not a refund program, we offer
up to one year of traditional treatment at a preset price.
Please click on the hyperlink to view:
These programs are offered in addition to CHR's traditional fee-for-service programs which stay in
place and can be viewed at Patient Financial Services.
Included for your use is our Shared Cost Consent Form
which you can download and review as necessary.
If you have any question about any of these programs, Contact Us.
To view the Shared Cost Programs or the Shared Cost Consent Form you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded for free at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

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