Fitting medical appointments into a busy schedule is not always easy, but a new program at Reproductive Science Center aims to make appointments more convenient and accessible. The Open Access Program allows patients to complete fertility monitoring and other services at a local OB/GYN office during the fertility treatment process. This access to local medical services will make appointments more convenient and minimize patient travel time. Patients will only need to return to RSC offices for certain medical treatments, including the initial consultation, pre-operative visits, egg retrieval and transfer.
No matter what stage a patient is at in exploring her fertility—from discussing fertility with an OB/GYN, to consulting a fertility doctor or beginning fertility treatment—the Open Access Program (OAP) can be beneficial.
“We are very excited to offer this program to our patients,” says Sheldon Josephs, Executive Director of Reproductive Science Center. “The response so far has been extremely positive. Now patients wanting our infertility clinical excellence can access us and no longer have to spend extra time traveling for their infertility treatment. It’s a helpful offering that makes our services within reach.”
Once a patient has decided to enter the program and has discussed a course of treatment with a Reproductive Science Center (RSC) physician, they are then assigned a case manager at RSC. The case manager works directly with the patient’s local monitoring office for treatment correspondence and scheduling services. Patients will visit their local office for monitoring and other services such as injection and medication classes (not all locations), ultrasound studies and blood work. The RSC physician is responsible for fertility treatment services and treatment orders.
RSC and the monitoring office are separate business entities. Both entities set and maintain their own service fee schedule and billing policy, with the exception of patients enrolled in the ATTAIN program. An RSC Financial Counselor will provide you with an estimate of IVF cycle costs after checking your insurance benefits (where applicable) and the treatment plan from your physician. RSC currently has four OAP locations - two in Monterey, one in Modesto and one in Benecia.
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About Reproductive Science Center:
Established in 1983, just two years after the first successful birth through in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the United States, the Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area has been a pioneering fertility medical practice for more than a quarter-century. RSC was also responsible for the nation’s second successful birth of a baby from a frozen embryo and is recognized today for its pregnancy rates and work with egg donors and egg donation for patients from northern California, the Western United States, Asia, India and around the world for patients pursuing medical tourism. Our fertility clinics in San Ramon, Orinda, San Jose and Modesto are easily accessible to fertility patients from Contra Costa County, Alameda County, Santa Clara County, San Francisco County, Stanislaus County, Solano County, Merced County, Mariposa County, Calaveras County, Eldorado County, Placer County, San Benito County and Monterey County. Fertility doctors Dr. Galen, Dr. Weckstein, Dr. Willman, Dr. Hinckley, Dr. Sgarlata, Dr. Wachs and Dr. Ivani are specialists in infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, miscarriages, male infertility, pre-implantation genetic screening (PGS), egg freezing and reproductive medicine surgery.www.rscbayarea.com
