SharedDreams®
You've reached the Fertility Specialists of Dallas
page for SharedDreams® a Financial
Program To Help Couples Afford Fertility Therapy. Some Dallas fertility
patients have limited financial resources to allocate toward building their
families. SharedDreams® was developed to
reduce a couple's financial concerns by fixing the
cost involved in undergoing multiple IVF treatments and limiting the amount of
money at risk should IVF fail to produce a pregnancy. For Dallas fertility
patients, If no pregnancy is achieved under the program, 70% of the cost will be refunded to help preserve
the couple's resources for other family-building options such as adoption.
The SharedDreams®program is an
alternative to traditional fee-for-service payment. Couples must meet certain
eligibility requirements to qualify for this program. Couples who choose this
option and conceive in
 their
first treatment cycle will end up paying higher costs than in the
fee-for-service payment option, but couples who require more than one fresh IVF
cycle to conceive will save considerable money.
It is important to
understand Fertility Specialists of Dallas
, offering the SharedDreams®
financial program, is not
guaranteeing the success of treatments,, but is offering this option
to limit the financial risk for couples for whom a viable pregnancy is not
achieved.
How it works:
Dallas IVF eligible couples
will have undergone a screening evaluation prior to entering the program, and
if qualified, will receive up to three fresh IVF treatment cycles and up to
three cryopreservation IVF (frozen embryo) cycles over a 12-month
period for a global fee that varies slightly according to the age of the
female partner. This "contract" is fulfilled when the first trimester of a
pregnancy ends or the contractual twenty-four month period
ends.
Advantages of this SharedDreams® Plan
- Costs are set at the time the contract is purchased for
the duration of the payment contract
- Limits the amount of money at risk should IVF ultimately
fail to produce a pregnancy
- Retains some of your financial resources for other family
building alternatives (such as adoption)
- Conditional cancellation option is offered in this plan
(see "Cancellation")
Disadvantages of this SharedDreams® Plan
- Patients who succeed after the first treatment cycle or
first frozen embryo cycle will have paid more than the standard fee for service
- Certain costs still must be paid ( see "services not
included") for each fresh or frozen treatment cycle such as the expense of the
fertility medications
- Requires a personal commitment/determination to complete
all of the fresh and frozen IVF treatments within the 24-month contract period
- Some women will not produce an adequate number of quality
fresh embryos for both a fresh IVF cycle and a cryopreservation (frozen embryo)
IVF cycle; therefore, they will not have as many opportunities to conceive
under the plan. The refund is still given if three fresh cycles fail to produce
a pregnancy
Who Qualifies?
Once IVF is
recommended, the following information is used to determine if a patient is an
appropriate candidate for our Shared Risk Refund Program:
- Women' s Age- the ability to complete all IVF cycles
prior to the woman's 38th birthday if she is using her own eggs.
- Day 3 Hormone Tests - FSH less than 10 and Estradiol less
than 68 pg/ml.
- Donor Egg if the woman is over 37 or if there is abnormal
ovarian reserve.
- Adequate Sperm Count or ability to have adequate sperm
even if ICSI or sperm retrieval is necessary, donor sperm may be used.
- Normal Uterine Cavity
- No evidence of hydrosalpinges
- Normal Body Mass Index (BMI).
- Non Smoker and no illicit substance use
- Medical clearance for chronic illness(s)
- Willing to cryopreserve embryos
- Can not have begun more than two IVF cycles prior to
enrollment into the program
Acceptance into this Program is at the sole and subjective
discretion of Fertility Specialists of Dallas. Please remember that making a
determination about your participation in this financial program is not a
clinical determination of your chances of success with IVF.
Women
must complete the medically appropriate pre-cycle testing and be proven to have
normal ovarian reserve, a normal uterus and uterine cavity, no hydrosalpinx,
and must not have previously begun more than two IVF cycles prior to enrollment
in the program at Fertility Specialists of Dallas. Women with chronic
illness(es) (such as diabetes, autoimmune diseases, etc.) must have medical
clearance for becoming pregnant from their physician prior to enrollment. Men
must at least be able to produce adequate sperm for ICSI, even if surgical
sperm retrieval is necessary. While not every fresh IVF cycle can be expected
to result in surplus embryos of adequate quality for cryopreservation, couples
in this program must agree to have their surplus eligible embryos from their
fresh IVF cycles cryopreserved for future use. IVF cycles in which PGD is
planned are not eligible for this financial program. All pre-cycle testing must
have been completed no earlier than 6 months prior to
enrollment.
IVF Services Included in SharedDreams® Program
- Monitoring of IVF Ovarian Stimulation (all ultrasounds,
hormonal assays, and physician services for monitoring and management)
- Monitoring of FET cycles (all ultrasounds, hormonal
assays, and physician services for monitoring and management)
- Oocyte retrieval and embryo transfer procedures
- IVF facility fees for oocyte retrievals and embryo
transfers
- IVF laboratory services including
- Embryo cryopreservation and storage for two years.
- Two quantitative HCG blood tests to diagnose pregnancy at
the end of the treatment cycle.
Services NOT included in the IVF
SharedDreams®Program
- IVF pre-cycle screening tests and office visits
- Medications and their administration (injections)
- All non-IVF surgical procedures (laparoscopy, myomectomy,
surgical procedures on fallopian tubes and ovaries, hysteroscopy, D&C, etc.
( These procedures are usually gynecologic or obstetric in nature, and are
covered by existing health insurance)
- Costs related to the use of a known or anonymous egg
donor such as recruitment, all required donor screening fees (medical, legal,
and psychological), and donor compensation fees or donor agency fees
- Costs of obtaining donor sperm, or costs for the surgical
sperm retrieval when necessary.
- ICSI- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
- Ultrasound monitoring of early pregnancy
- Any medical services provided for obstetrical care, or
for complications related to the IVF process such as treatment of ovarian
hyperstimulation syndrome, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, or other pregnancy
complications
- Storage of cryopreserved embryos that may still remain
after a pregnancy through the first trimester is attained or the contractual
two year period has elapsed.
Cancellation of the IVF SharedDreams® financial program may be
initiated by the couple or by Fertility Specialists of Dallas at any time
without cause. If cancellation is initiated by Fertility Specialists of Dallas.
we will refund your full entry fee unless you have failed to comply with
the treatment ordered (for example, not taking hCG at the time directed, or not
coming in for appointments). In that event, we will refund your entry fee less
our routine charges for the services that you have already used. We will not
reimburse you for any other expenses you have incurred (such as the medications
or donor costs)
For more information, and to see if you qualify,
contact
Fertility Specialists Of Dallas.
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Find out more about this unique IVF
discount program:
Fertility Specialists of Dallas
Dr.
Jerald Goldstein
Phone: 214.750.5500
http://www.fertilitydallas.com
With
Two Locations To Serve You
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
8230 Walnut Hill Lane Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75231
214-618-2044
Baylor Medical Center Frisco
5575 Warren
Parkway, Suite 116
Frisco, TX 75034-4069
214-750-5500
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