You can use your OTC card for covered items at participating local retailers, including:
- CVS.
- Walgreens.
- Duane Reade.
- Rite Aid.
- Dollar General.
- Family Dollar.
- Walmart.
Where can I use my UnitedHealthcare health products card?
We’ve just given it a new name and improved the look. Your debit card from UnitedHealthcare is an easy way to pay from your FSA. You can use it to pay by phone, the Web, or at any place that accepts MasterCard.
How do I use my United Healthcare OTC card at Walmart?
How do I use my card? You have a Health & Wellness Products card with your 17-digit account number and 4-digit security code. You will use these numbers when ordering Medicare approved OTC products. Make sure to select ‘Gift Card’ as your payment method at checkout when ordering online.
How do I order OTC items from United Healthcare?
You can also order by phone at 1-888-628-2770 (TTY: 711) or online at //www.cvs.com/otchs/uhc. You order from a list of approved OTC items, and OTC Health Solutions will mail them to your home address.
Can I buy toilet paper with my OTC card?
You can’t use EBT card to buy household items such as soap, laundry detergent, diapers, sanitary napkins, or toilet paper.
Can u buy food with OTC card?
OTC Food Benefit Card It can be used to purchase eligible food items such as fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, bread, eggs. OTC items may only be purchased by you for your own personal use.
Can I buy meat with my healthy food card?
You may use your Healthy Food Card to buy fruit and vegetables, meats and seafood, dairy products, soups, healthy grains, pantry staples and more. Log in to your program website or reference your welcome materials for more information on eligible items.
Can you buy food with OTC card?
Can I use OTC card Walmart online?
With that, some of the benefits of having an OTC card at Walmart also include: You get discounts when you buy certain medications and healthcare items from Walmart. You can use your card to shop online and still get the same deals as if you were shopping at the store.
What does OTC pay for?
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How often does my OTC card reload?
At the beginning of each calendar quarter, your NationsOTC card is loaded with the quarterly OTC amount for your plan. Your balance does not carry over—try to spend the full amount before the end of each quarter. Don’t throw out your card—it will be reloaded at the start of the next calendar quarter.
Can I use my healthy food card at Dollar General?
The member can use the Healthy Foods Card just like a credit card. The card can be used at thousands of participating stores, including CVS, Dollar General, Family Dollar, Walgreens and Walmart.
With Healthy Benefits+™, you get access to benefits that can help you live a healthier lifestyle. Best of all your benefits are applied instantly at checkout.
To view the benefits you are eligible for, log in by selecting 'Get Started' above. Once you are logged in, you can activate your card and learn how to shop. You can also find benefit information in the welcome materials you received in the mail.
Purchasing OTC items using your FSA
As of Jan. 1, 2011, you can no longer use your health care flexible spending account (FSA) for over-the-counter (OTC) medicines or drugs without a prescription. This change is part of the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010.
Insulin, prescription medicines or drugs and some OTC supplies - such as bandages, crutches, blood sugar test kits and contact solution - will continue to be eligible, if your health care FSA plan allows.
If I get a prescription for an OTC medicine or drug, how do I use my FSA to pay for it? |
At a grocery, department or other retail store (online, too) |
You can take the OTC medicine or drug off the shelf, pay out of your pocket and submit a claim form to be reimbursed from your FSA. You will need to submit a copy of your receipt and your OTC medicine or drug prescription with your claim form. The prescription must include:
- Quantity prescribed - Instructions |
At a pharmacy (in person or online) |
You can take your OTC medicine or drug prescription to a pharmacist to be filled and have a prescription number assigned. If you have an FSA debit card, you may be able to use your card to pay for it. Or, you can submit a claim form to be reimbursed from your FSA. If you submit a claim form, you must include a receipt from the pharmacist that includes:
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With your health care FSA, you can make purchases online through drugstore.com |
* By proceeding to the drugstore.com website, I authorize UnitedHealthcare to release and disclose certain information related to my FSA as necessary to facilitate the purchase of items eligible for payment from such FSA. I understand that items that are ineligible for purchase from my FSA may be offered for purchase by drugstore.com, and that UnitedHealthcare has the sole discretion to determine if a purchased item is eligible for reimbursement under my FSA according to IRS rules. I also understand that UnitedHealthcare or its affiliates may receive compensation from drugstore.com for the purchase of eligible items from my FSA. I am not required to provide this authorization to receive benefits under my FSA.