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Medical Expense Account › Reimbursement List

Services and items that are eligible for reimbursement through our Flexible Spending Plan include the following:

  • Acupuncture
  • Alcoholism
  • Ambulance services
  • Artificial limbs
  • Autoettes
  • Birth control pills
  • Body scan
  • Braille books and magazines
  • Chiropractic services
  • Contact lenses
  • Contact lens care & maintenance supplies
  • Contraceptive devices (prescription only)
  • Cosmetic services (medically necessary only)
  • Crutches
  • Dental expense and dentures
  • Doctor's fees
  • Drugs (prescription only)
  • Drug addiction treatment
  • Durable medical equipment
  • Eyeglasses (prescription only)
  • Guide dogs
  • Hearing aids
  • Hospital services
  • Hypnosis for illness treatment
  • Insulin
  • Lab fees
  • Laetrile (prescription only)
  • Laser eye surgery (to correct eye function)
  • Mastectomy bras
  • Orthodontia
  • Orthopedic shoes
  • Oxygen
  • Parking fees for doctor visits
  • Physical therapy
  • Practical nurse's fees
  • Psychiatric care
  • Psychologist's fees
  • Radial keratotomy
  • Routine physicals
  • Sterilization
  • Transportation to and from a medical care facility, including car rental
  • Wheelchairs
  • X-rays

These services must be prescribed by a physician to be a medically necessary form of treatment.

  • Blood pressure monitoring device
  • Massage
  • Prescription compounding
  • Reading glasses (over–the–counter)
  • Shiatsu
  • Swimming lessons (as part of rehabilitation after surgery)
  • Therapy to Massage
  • Weight loss programs, including drugs to reduce weight

This is just a partial list of the many items you can reimburse through your Flexible Spending medical expense account.