Wednesday, April 27, 2011

New Life Agency Adds Watson to Join Walgreens on The Fertility Pharmacy Care Card for Fertility Medication

New Life Agency, Inc. today announced that it has added CRINONE ® 8% the first FDA-approved natural form of progesterone for progesterone supplementation and RESOLVE The National Infertility Association providing resources and information to New Life Agency’s patients utilizing Fertility Pharmacy Care Card® (FPCC). Together with The Fertility Pharmacy Care Card® and The Assisted Reproduction Insurance Program®, New Life Agency continues to develop and offer some of the best financial solutions in the country for the ever-rising costs of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, procedures and fertility medications to patients suffering from infertility.

FPCC provides infertile patients a cash only program with significant discounts on fertility medications for fertility patients, their egg donor and when needed their surrogate. New Life Agency aligned with Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to include Crinone®(progesterone gel 8%) in the program which will provide patients a $30.00 savings on every Crinone® prescription. Patients who purchase a FPCC will sign up on-line and will be charged a one-time $25.00 fee. The FPCC will provide patients a $100 discount for each $1000 purchase of stimulation medication through Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy, in addition to the $30 Crinone coupon.  Once enrolled, patients will receive a $25.00 Walgreen’s gift card to be used at any store location, following the first medication order and delivery.  The FPCC may help fill the gap in fertility medication coverage and can be purchased as a “gift card” for an infertility patient by the IVF Center.

CRINONE ® 8% was the first FDA-approved natural form of progesterone for progesterone supplementation or replacement as part of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) treatments for infertile women with progesterone deficiency, and is the only once a day treatment.

RESOLVE is a non-profit organization that works to improve the lives of women and men living with infertility. New Life Agency, Inc.  stands with RESOLVE to recognize National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW) by providing resources and information to patients. By supporting RESOLVE’s mission as an NIAW Partner, New Life demonstrates their commitment to infertility awareness and patient education.

Trish Taylor, President and Founder of New Life Agency, announced, “Our care card is an example of how our company continues to reach out to OB/GYNs, REs, fertility pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, non-profit organizations and health insurers alike to join forces and bring affordability to the patient. Together providing more people affordable access to infertility care”

Barb Collura, RESOLVE’s Executive Director said, “RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association is delighted that New Life Agency is recognizing National Infertility Awareness Week and applauds their efforts to help educate the American public about resources available to the women and men fighting the disease of infertility.”

Enyde Polesuk, Vice President of Product Development, fertility services, for Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy added, "Our goal is to offer personalized fertility pharmacy services along with the best possible support for these very specialized pharmacy needs. We’re pleased to be a part of this first-of-its-kind cost solution and look forward to making our services more accessible than ever for hopeful parents-to-be.”

About New Life Agency
New Life Agency, Insurance Agency is a fully licensed Surplus Lines Company in every State across the Nation as a Lloyd's of London Coverholder and underwriter offering insurance products secured and "A" rated superior security by A.M. Best, financial size XV (excess of two billion dollars). New Life provides Assisted Reproduction Insurance® for maternity, in vitro fertilization complications, intended parents, surrogates, egg donors and professional liability exclusively to the assisted reproduction medical industry since 1998.

New World Administrators, Inc. is a licensed full service health claims Administrator/TPA providing benefit administration services for employer groups and customer care and claims handling services exclusively to New Life Agency, Inc. New World is dedicated to service providing World Class Customer Care in claims management and administration.  New Life Agency, Insurance Agency, Inc., 1-877-952-5433 (LIFE), http://www.newlifeagency.com/

About Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company.  Watson is engaged in the development and distribution of generic pharmaceuticals and specialized branded pharmaceutical products focused on Urology and Women's Health.  Watson has operations in many of the world's established and growing international markets.

About Walgreens
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2010 sales of $67 billion. The company operates 7,697 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Each day, Walgreens provides nearly 6 million customers the most convenient, multi-channel access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail service, along with respiratory services. These services improve health outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public sector. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.

CONTACT:
New Life Agency, Inc./ New World Administrators, Inc.
Public Relations Liaison
info@newlifeagency.com
760-904-4237

RESOLVE
Andy Schwarz
aschwarz@resolve.org
703-556-7172

Walgreens
Tiffani Washington
tiffani.washington@walgreens.com
847-315-2925

Thursday, April 21, 2011

The New Life Agency Surrogate Accidental Death Insurance


The Surrogate Accidental Death Insurance® is only offered through New Life Agency and can be purchased in addition to the Surrogate Maternity Coverage. If you purchase our Cycle Medical Plan® that policy has SAD coverage included.

SAD Insurance® is specifically designed to insure both the surrogate's family and the intended parent(s) in the event of death. As any death benefit, it is designed to make the beneficiary's financially whole again.


SAD Insurance® summary of benefits


Coverage
Term:
Upon approval or 6 week ultra sound through pregnancy until 30 days after delivery.
Coverage term prior
to pregnancy:
Your surrogate has SAD Insurance of $200,000 combine single limit if our Cycle Medical PlanSM is purchased.
Waiting Period: none
Application:Easy online application
24 hour approval
Exam/Testing:none

SAD Insurance® premium and limits


Premium: $595.00 single set premium. No fluctuating premiums.
Beneficiary
Surrogate:
$250,000 designated to surrogates beneficiary.
Beneficiary
Intended
Parent:
$100,000 designated to Intended Parents as beneficiary.




Wednesday, April 13, 2011

New Life is at PCRS for the 59th Annual Meeting


Come join New Life Agency, Inc. and New World Administrators, Inc. at the PCRS 59th Annual Meeting in Rancho Mirage, CA! Booth #130 Please stop by and say "HI"!

PCRS
2011 Annual Meeting
Creating a Healthy ART Environment
April 13 to 17
Rancho Mirage, California

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

New Life Agency, Inc. Expands Infertility Insurance Program


California Fertility Partners: A New Infertility Insurance Program Provider

New Life Agency, Inc. today announced that it has added California Fertility Partners to its Assisted Reproduction Insurance Program® (ARI) preferred provider network. Together, with California Fertility Partners , Pacific Fertility Center-Los Angeles and The Diamond Institute IVF Center-New York, ARI continues to offer some of the best financial solutions in the country for the ever-rising costs of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, procedures and fertility medications to patients suffering from infertility.

ARI provides negotiated contract rates with physician’s board-certified in obstetrics, gynecology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility to insure patients’ fertility treatments, complications and provide full maternity insurance. ARI combines fertility insurance plans with a fertility medication discount plan that saves patients more than 50 percent on the cost of standard infertility services, totaling thousands of dollars over the average treatment term. In addition, the program offers hundreds of dollars in discounts on fertility medications through Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy. The innovative program goes beyond the traditional IVF shared risk program offered by some IVF centers by aggregating the cost of consultations, testing, complication insurance, IVF treatments, surgical treatments and medications to offer additional savings.

California Fertility Partners was founded over thirty years ago and its Doctors Richard P. Marrs, Guy E. Ringler, Kelly J. Baek, Charles M. March, Bronte A. Stone, and Li Meng have performed over sixty-thousand assisted reproductive procedures, and have helped create over ten thousand babies with outstanding IVF success rates. Dr. Marrs made medical history in 1986 with the first pregnancy from a thawed frozen embryo and was founder and first President of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. As one of the country’s premiere fertility centers, California Fertility Partners is sought out by patients throughout the world with long-standing history of infertility, by patients who have failed multiple treatment cycles in other programs and by physicians seeking expert advice for their patients. The physicians at California Fertility Partners provide individualized care with keen attention to detail throughout the treatment process. The IVF laboratory at California Fertility Partners not only provides the most advanced embryo culture techniques available, but the embryology staff possess the skills garnered over time by having been at the forefront of IVF since its inception.

The ARI Program offers multiple plan choices, according to the IVF physician utilized within the preferred provider network for individual infertility insurance needs allowing the patient to move through their process to pregnancy fully aware of the total out of pocket cost. If pregnancy is not achieved, the program offers refunds and credits during the 18-month enrollment term.

New Life Agency leveraged its industry-leading infertility insurance offerings as a Lloyd’s of London Broker along with its own licensed, third-party administration company, New World Administrators, Inc. to forge the unique preferred provider contracted network solely with infertility doctors and facilities/centers.

Trish Taylor, President of New Life Agency, announced, “Our growing success with Assisted Reproduction Insurance Programs like ARI is a testament to healthcare reform today. People who have no infertility insurance or limited coverage now have options.  Patients facing infertility issues need infertility insurance when this risk occurs. New Life Agency is committed to help control infertility costs and fill the gap when traditional insurances do not provide infertility insurance options. We are honored to have California Fertility Partners as a distinguished member of our preferred provider network. Our commitment to work together will help patients lower their risk and stress so they may concentrate on what matters most, creating their family.”

Richard P. Marrs MD, Founder and Managing Partner of California Fertility Partners said today, “The site of an egg or embryo in the laboratory today is no less spectacular than it was the first time in 1981. The ARI Program will help more people have access to treatment and fulfill their dream of having a family.”
Enyde Polesuk, Vice President of Product Development, Fertility Services, for Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy added, "Our goal is to offer personalized fertility pharmacy services along with the best possible support for these very specialized pharmacy needs. We’re pleased to be a part of this first-of-its-kind cost solution and look forward to making our services more accessible than ever for hopeful parents-to-be.”

About California Fertility Partners
California Fertility Partners is a medical practice dedicated to the evaluation and treatment of male and female reproductive issues. Their state of the art facility combines clinical offices, laboratory facilities, and a surgical suite in one convenient location and offers the full spectrum of fertility treatments including in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), egg and sperm donation, gestational surrogacy, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), as well as more basic fertility procedures such as intrauterine inseminations (IUI). Reproductive Technology Laboratories is their in-house endocrine and andrology clinical laboratory. It offers hormone assays and sperm processing on a daily basis.

About New Life Agency
New Life Agency, Insurance Agency is a fully licensed Surplus Lines Company in every State across the Nation as a Lloyd's of London Coverholder and underwriter offering insurance products secured and "A" rated superior security by A.M. Best, financial size XV (excess of two billion dollars). New Life Agency provides Assisted Reproduction Insurance® for maternity, in vitro fertilization complications, intended parents, surrogates, egg donors and professional liability exclusively to the assisted reproduction medical industry since 1998. New Life’s insurance has resulted in now over 1550 births.

New World Administrators, Inc. is a licensed full service health claims Administrator/TPA providing benefit administration services for employer groups and customer care and claims handling services exclusively to New Life Agency, Inc. New World is dedicated to service providing World Class Customer Care in claims management and administration.  New Life Agency, Insurance Agency, Inc., 1-877-952-5433 (LIFE), http://www.newlifeagency.com/

About Walgreens
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2010 sales of $67 billion. The company operates 7,655 drugstores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Each day, Walgreens provides nearly 6 million customers the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail service, along with pharmacy benefit solutions and respiratory services. These services improve health outcomes and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the public sector. Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and most comprehensive manager of worksite health centers and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 700 locations throughout the country.

CONTACT:

New Life Agency, Inc./ New World Administrators, Inc.
Public Relations Liaison
info@newlifeagency.com
760-904-4237

California Fertility Partners
Dan Sikich
d.sikich@californiafertilitypartners.com 
310-828-4008

Walgreens
Tiffani Washington
tiffani.washington@walgreens.com
847-315-2925