Employers

THE ARC HEALTHY BABY PROGRAM™

The ARC Healthy Baby Program is designed to:

Increase the probability that each patient will have a single, healthy baby
Reduce the number of multiple pregnancies
Reduce the risks of multiple pregnancy
Reduce the costs of infertility treatment
Reduce the costs of caring for babies resulting from infertility treatments
Reduce the social and psychological costs of not having a healthy baby

The ARC Healthy Baby program will achieve these goals through multiple features that are integrated into The ARC Employer’s Solution™:

The ARC Infertility Network™

The only national network of qualified, selected, infertility specialists for both men and women

Requirement that physicians agree to practice evidence-based medicine and follow national guidelines for provision of infertility services, including the number of embryos replaced with IVF and methods to reduce multiple pregnancy as a result of ovarian stimulation

Requirement that physician members report results to ARC for monitoring of outcomes

The ARC Fertility Program^®

Evidence-based medicine treatment packages, financing so that more patients can access quality care with specialists, and a refund guarantee, so that patients:

Receive appropriate treatment from infertility specialists, rather than lesser quality care from non-specialists

Have financial concerns alleviated, so that they are more inclined to follow appropriate treatment recommendations and not take unnecessary risks

Save time and receive appropriate infertility treatment when they are younger and have a better chance for pregnancy

Receive infertility treatment based on their needs, not based on treatment that can be provided through non-infertility diagnostic insurance codes

Receive appropriate counseling so that they can make better health care decisions

The ARC Genetics Program^®

Reduces the risk of couples having a baby with a genetic condition through:

Offering a free genetics questionnaire to each patient who participates in The ARC Fertility Program

Providing evaluation of this questionnaire by nationally-recognized experts in genetics, with feedback directly to the patients and their physicians

Offering access to further genetic counseling from experts

Identifying additional genetics testing that might help evaluate the patients’ risks further

Offering tests, such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), that can often prevent a pregnancy with a baby having a genetic condition

Providing genetics packages and financing that make these tests and treatments more affordable

Reduces medico-legal liability for physicians participating in The The ARC Fertility Program