Assisted reproduction - which services are covered?
Since 2017, the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (CHIF), the health insurance funds have been reimbursing assisted reproduction services. This is a major financial help for many couples who want to have a child.
In all cases, assisted reproduction services reimbursed by the CHIF should be requested first from your family doctor or your attending physician. After assessing the patient's diagnosis and health condition, the doctor will issue a referral for a consultation with a fertility specialist.
It is important to know that the patient can receive services at the medical institution of his/her choice. However, it is essential that the chosen medical institution has a contract with the Territorial Health Insurance Fund (THIF), because only then will the costs be covered by the CHIF.
For couples wishing to use assisted reproduction, two cycles of assisted reproduction treatment are covered by the CHIF. The process starts with a consultation with an obstetrician-gynaecologist. Three echoscopic tests to measure the follicles are covered per treatment cycle. The health insurance funds also reimburse the drugs used to stimulate the ovaries and the preparation and transfer of the embryos stored in the germ cell bank into the woman's body.
Laboratory and instrumental tests are carried out on the partners during the consultation with an obstetrician-gynaecologist on assisted reproduction.
According to the data of Klaipėda THIF, in 2021, assisted reproduction services were provided to 95 couples in medical institutions in the territory served by this THIF. Currently, 3 institutions in Klaipėda provide reimbursed assisted reproduction services: UAB "Jolsana", UAB "Northway" Medical Centres and UAB Vaisingumo klinika.
A list of all facilities in Lithuania is available here.
Klaipėda Territorial Patient Fund information
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Last updated: 18-03-2022
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