Press Release 2010

December 2, 2010

New England Fertility Celebrates 20th Anniversary by Introducing Gift of Hope Financial Program

New England Fertility the first non hospital based fertility center in Connecticut ,is celebrating 20 years of providing care to individuals and couples struggling with infertility. In honor of this milestone, New England Fertility will be offering qualifying patients 20 percent off the cost of fertility treatment through the Gift of Hope Program. The Gift of Hope program was established as a way to give back - and give hope to those who are having difficulty conceiving. By offering the Gift of Hope Program, New England Fertility hopes to make fertility treatment more affordable to those who have limited personal resources or are without insurance.

"Creating families has been a lifelong goal of New England Fertility and we have been extremely successful in helping individuals and couples struggling with infertility to achieve that goal" Dr. Gad Lavy. Stamford, CT (PRWEB) December 2, 2010

Program in honor of fertility clinic's 20th anniversary provides qualifying patients 20 percent off fertility treatment.

New England Fertility, a leading fertility clinic with offices in Stamford, Hamden, and Shelton, Connecticut, in honor of its 20th anniversary announced today that it would be offering qualifying patients 20 percent off the cost of fertility treatment through its Gift of Hope program.

Committed to providing patients from Connecticut, the United States, and around the world with the best assisted reproduction technologies and care for 20 years, New England Fertility created the Gift of Hope program as a way to give back – and give hope – to patients dealing with infertility, and help them achieve their dream of starting a family. Specifically, the Gift of Hope program was designed to help make fertility treatments more affordable by offering a 20 percent discount to our patients who have no insurance coverage and limited personal resources to cover the out-of-pocket expenses.

"Creating families has been the lifelong goal of New England Fertility," said Dr. Gad Lavy, the founder and medical director of New England Fertility. "And we have been extremely successful in helping individuals and couples struggling with infertility to achieve that goal. Now, by creating a program that helps make the cost of fertility treatment more affordable, we can help more patients conceive and deliver a healthy baby."

Enrollment in the Gift of Hope program opens on January 1, 2011, and closes on December 31, 2011. Procedures covered include IUI cycles, IVF cycles, and donor egg and surrogacy cycles.

Gift of Hope Program Eligibility Criteria:

• Annual household income must be $100,000 or less based on last 2 years U.S. federal tax returns (75% weighting toward most recent year).
• Patient must be under the age of 51 and meet normal medical criteria for desired treatment.
• Patient must be enrolled in program prior to baseline sonogram or cycle synchronization with a donor or gestational carrier.
  
• Patient's insurance will not cover treatment/procedures or patient is uninsured.

About New England Fertility

New England Fertility was founded in 1991 by Dr. Gad Lavy with the goal of providing state-of-the-art fertility treatment to couples and individuals seeking help conceiving. New England Fertility was the first non-hospital-based outpatient in vitro fertilization (IVF) center in the state of Connecticut, as well as the first infertility treatment center in Connecticut to have a baby born from a cryopreserved egg. New England Fertility was also a pioneer in providing innovative fertility therapies such as ICSI, PGD, and egg freezing, and is recognized as one of the largest egg donor/gestational surrogacy programs in Fairfield County, Connecticut. To learn more about New England Fertility's state-of-the-art diagnostic, medical, and surgical IVF center, or to schedule a consultation, visit our website at http://www.nefertility.com or call us at 203.325.3200.