Fertility care for all: impact of New York State's Medicaid expansion on infertility care.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess whether the New York State (NYS) mandate expanding Medicaid coverage of fertility diagnostic testing and treatment is successfully increasing patient access to and utilization of fertility care.

Methods

A retrospective chart review was performed of NYS Medicaid patients who presented for fertility services to a large academic reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) clinic. Information on patient demographics, medical history, diagnostic testing, treatments, and outcomes was collected. Patients presenting to the clinic in the 1 year prior to the mandate (October 1, 2018-September 30, 2019) were compared to patients presenting in the 1 year after the mandate (October 1, 2019-September 30, 2020). Primary outcomes of the study were differences in prese

SUBMITTER: Vu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10894796 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature