This depends if the patient's employer offers a group plan with a fertility benefit to their employees. A patient must check their own group benefit plan to determine coverage. If they are in a BTMG or MPMG HMO Plan, we will submit authorization requests to determine coverage for them.
If a patient has fertility coverage, medications will often also be covered. This is determined after benefits have been confirmed.
This is determined after benefits have been checked. Again, this will depend on the patient's individual fertility coverage.
With BTMG and MPMG, definitely yes. For other types of coverage, especially In Vitro Fertilization coverage, pre-authorization is often required. This is determined after benefits have been confirmed.
Courtesy billing is done after services have been rendered.
It takes 45 -60 days for insurance to process claims once they are received.
The costs of an IVF cycle can be highly variable depending on the patient's diagnosis and treatment plan. This is determined once the patient's protocol has been finalized by the physician. Each patient is assigned a financial coordinator that will either meet with or have a telephone consultation with each patient to go over these costs in detail.
No. Our contracted insurance plans do not allow us to discount services to non-covered patients.
Yes. We can attempt to submit a rebuttal to an insurance denial if there are sufficient reasons to suspect there should be coverage.
Refunds are processed on the 15th and at the end of each month.
