Evolution Benefits and drugstore.com Offer Debit Cars For OTC Medications

Insurance Networking News, March 8, 2004

Evolution Benefits Inc., Avon, Conn., and Seattle-based drugstore.com inc. have teamed to create a paperless, IRS-compliant system for electronically substantiating and adjudicating the reimbursement of over-the-counter medications (OTCs) eligible under flexible spending accounts.

The program, available through the drugstore.com Web store, automatically recognizes and separates those OTCs eligible for reimbursement under flexible spending accounts (FSAs)--a benefit authorized by the Internal Revenue Service last year--as well as for prescription drugs covered under basic health plans. Purchases of eligible OTCs and covered prescription drugs can be placed on Evolution's Benny Card, a special purpose, debit MasterCard card, and electronically deducted from the consumer's appropriate Benny Card account(s).

The result: fully adjudicated claims and substantiated transactions with no paper receipts or further verification required. For any items not qualifying for FSA or health plan reimbursement, the consumer can provide alternative payment methods.

Source: Evolution Benefits Inc.

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