Services
Services and Fees
Pre-adoption services include review of medical records, photographs and videos (if available), correspondence with you, as well as all updates and communications from abroad. It does not include written translation of records.
All correspondence can be done by mail, fax, or e-mail. Please, send all materials to the below address. In your correspondence, please include your address, e-mail address, your fax number and your telephone number. As soon as I receive and review all the information, I will contact you either by telephone or by e-mail. Sometimes, it is much more productive to talk on the telephone than to communicate through other electronic means.
Fees
Pre-adoption services are not covered by health insurance. The following fees apply:
Pre-adoption consultation, including “blind” adoptions:
$750 - one child; $900 - two children (siblings); $1,000 - two children (non-siblings) referred at the same time; $1,200 - three children referred at the same time.
Translation of Russian medical records (if desired) - $0.30 per Russian word.
Payment in US dollars by check or money order or by PayPal is required prior to either a pre-adoption consultation or a blind referral. If you are using our services during your blind referral, please, contact Dr. Skurkovich to ensure his availability during your travel dates. This fee is non-refundable.
If paying by PayPal, please, go to www.PayPal.com and use skurkovich@gmail.com e-mail address to make a payment. Please, use “Send Money” section to send your payment.
Checks or money orders in US dollars should be made payable to Boris Skurkovich, MD and sent to: Division of Pediatric ID, RIH, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA. If hand-delivering: 110 Lockwood Street, Providence (Physicians’ Office Building), suite 018 (basement), Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.
Telephone: 401-444-8360
Fax: 401-444-5650
Post-adoption medical consultation is usually covered by health insurance plans. Clinic appointment can be made by calling the number listed above.
Questions and comments may be directed to our e-mail address at bskurkovich@adoptionsinternational.com