Fertility, Menopause & Men's Health

BMC employees are eligible for Fertility and Family Forming Benefits provided by ARC Fertility.

Infertility affects not only heterosexual couples but also single people with a need to delay family forming or to preserve their fertility before cancer treatment and those in LGBTQ+ communities. One in six Americans struggle with infertility which causes significant physical, emotional and financial burdens.

ARC Fertility offers comprehensive fertility and family-forming benefits for employees, covering all genders, sexual orientations, and stages of the family cycle, from pre-conception counseling through menopause.

The coverage includes a wide range of reimbursable services up to a $10,000 lifetime credit, such as:

  • Ovulation induction and ovarian stimulation, with or without intrauterine insemination (IUI)
  • IUI using partner or donor sperm
  • IVF Plus Packages (one, two, or three cycles), which include monitoring, oocyte retrieval, sperm preparation, embryo transfers (fresh or frozen), and cryopreservation
  • Sperm preparation, wash, and semen analysis for IUI or IVF
  • Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
  • Medical and surgical services for male fertility treatments
  • Sperm collection, freezing, and storage (up to one year) for males in active infertility treatment
  • Cryopreservation and storage of oocytes and embryos
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) cycles, including egg retrieval, fertilization, and embryo culture
  • Egg and embryo donation services, as well as access to frozen donor eggs from an egg bank
  • Surrogacy (gestational carrier) services, including medical and agency services
  • Adoption services
  • Menopause-related services
  • Pharmacy plans for fertility medications
  • Pre-conception genetic testing and consultation
  • Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) for various genetic conditions
  • At-home fertility monitoring, ovulation tracking, and sperm testing kits
  • Long-term storage of eggs, sperm, or embryos

These benefits support all employees, regardless of their family-forming journey or reproductive needs.

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