Planning Treatments That May Cause Infertility
Planned cancer treatments include bilateral orchiectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, hysterectomy, and chemotherapy or radiation therapy that is established in the medical literature to result in infertility. To use Family Building Benefits covered under the Plan, you must contact your healthcare company and work with them and your doctor to determine your appropriate course of treatment. Coverage services include:
- Collection of sperm;
- Cryopreservation of sperm, eggs and reproductive tissue;
- Ovulation induction and retrieval of eggs;
- In vitro fertilization; and
- Embryo cryopreservation.
There is one Lifetime maximum for Family Building Benefits regardless of the reason you utilize these type of services (i.e., to preserve fertility, infertility, etc.)