6 Lessons1h 37m

Fertility on a Budget

We unpack the major expenses of fertility treatment, discuss how to avoid unnecessary (and often costly) add-on options, give an overview of insurance coverage, finally we provide expert tips to help you save money & avoid overpaying for treatment.

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Experts you'll learn from

Dr. Caroline McCaffrey

Laboratory Director
NYU School of Medicine

Dr. Eric Forman

Medical Director
Columbia University Medical Center

Dr. Samuel dos Santos Ribeiro

Professor Auxiliar da Universidade de Lisboa
Coordenador Científico, IVIRMA Lisboa

Assistant Professor, University of Lisbon
Scientific Coordinator, IVIRMA Lisbon

Dr. Nalini Kaul (Mahajan)

Director, Mother & Child Hospital
Scientific Director, Ferticity Fertility Clinics
India

Dr. Jorge Chavarro

Associate Professor
Harvard School of Public Health

Dr. Christian M. Becker

Co-Director, Oxford BSGE Endometriosis Centre
Associate Professor, Oxford University
United Kingdom

Dr. Zev Williams

Division Chief
Columbia University

Dr. Daniel Kaser

Director, Third Party & LBGTQ
RMA of Northern California

Dr. Viji Sundaram

Reproductive Fertility Specialist
Kaiser Permanente Centers for Reproductive Health

Dr. Promise Segofah

Senior Lecturer, OB/GYN
University of Ghana

Alexa von Tobel

CFP & Managing Partner
Inspired Capital

Alexis Adler

Embryologist
Extend Fertility

Dr. Angela Aguilar

Past President
Philippine Society for Reproductive Medicine
Professor, University of the Philippines

Michelle Peate, PhD

Program Leader
Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research Unit
University of Melbourne
Australia

Dr. Erkut Attar

Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Anabilim Dalı Başkanı
Yeditepe Üniversitesi

Department Head, OB/GYN
Yeditepe University
Turkey

MUDr. Štěpán Machač

Vedoucí lékař skupiny FutureLife
Předseda výboru sekce asistované reprodukce ČGPS

Dr. Stepan Machac

Chief Medical Officer, FutureLife International
Chairman, Czech IVF Society

Dr. Basil Tarlatzis

Professor Emeritus
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

Dr. Willem Ombelet

Oprichter van het Genks Instituut voor Fertiliteitstechnologie
Ex-voorzitter van de Vlaamse Vereniging voor Obstetrie en Gynaecologie

Past President, Belgian Society of OG/GYN
Founder, Genk Institute for Fertility Technology

Dr. Lubna Pal

Fellowship Director
Yale School of Medicine

Audrey Gaskins

Instructor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Dr. Ruben Alvero

Division Director, REI
Stanford University Medical Center

Dr. Heather Huddleston

Director
University of California San Francisco

Dr. Jamie Grifo

Medical Director
NYU School of Medicine

Amanda Garcia

Financial Supervisor
RMA of New York

Dr. Owen Davis

Former President, ASRM
Associate Director, REI
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Dr. William Schoolcraft

Founder & Medical Director
CCRM Colorado

Dr. Irene Su

Director, Reproductive Survivorship
University of California San Diego

Course Syllabus

  1. 10 min
    Done
    1. Introduction
    2. Country-to-Country
    3. Region-To-Region Within the United States
    4. Clinic-to-Clinic Within the United States
  2. 40 min
    Done
    1. Adjusting Diet & Lifestyle
    2. IUI vs IVF
    3. Evaluating Treatment Add-Ons
    4. IVF Using ICSI
    5. IVF Using PGT-A
    6. Endometrial Receptivity Testing in IVF
    7. Donor Egg & Other Third Party Approaches
    8. Fertility Treatment Drugs
    9. Egg or Embryo Storage
  3. Lesson 3
    Insurance 101
    3 min
    Done
    1. Basics on Coverage
    2. Basics on HSAs & FSAs
    3. Questions to Ask Your Health Plan Administrator
  4. 32 min
    Done
    1. Costs Accrued Even With Insurance
    2. Timing of Treatment Is a Variable
    3. How Paying Out of Pocket Can Save Money
    4. Understanding Clinic Fees
  5. 5 min
    Done
    1. Packages & Bundle Programs
    2. Questions to Ask When Considering Bundles & Packages
  6. 7 min
    Done
    1. Loans
    2. Credit Cards
    3. Grants
    4. Money-Saving Pro-tips

What you'll learn

In this course we discuss the major expenses of fertility treatment and provide guidance on navigating the process without overpaying. We share an overview of insurance coverage and provide expert tips to help you save money on expensive fertility treatments - even without insurance coverage.

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