Use Your Wellness Allowance to Stay Healthy and Save

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2024 Benefit Information:

CareAdvantage Preferred HMO members receive $175 per calendar year to lead a healthy lifestyle. 

 

2025 Benefit Information:

CareAdvantage Preferred HMO members receive $500 per calendar year and Access (PPO) Members receive $250 per calendar year to lead a healthy lifestyle. 

 

Your Wellness Allowance can be used toward:

Acupuncture

  • Visits to a licensed acupuncturist not covered by your medical benefits

Alternative Therapies

  • Bodywork
  • Holistic medicine practitioner visits
  • Mind-body therapies
  • Home equipment including guided audio/video recordings, foam rollers/sticks or TheraCane®, biofeedback machine for home use (such as RESPeRATE®), and portable infrared saunas.

Home Fitness Equipment

  • Resistance bands
  • Weights
  • Stationary bikes
  • Treadmills
  • Fitness machines

Gym and Fitness Center Memberships and Classes

  • Membership fees
  • Instructor-led exercise classes
  • Personal training at a gym or fitness center
  • Eligible facilities include gyms, fitness centers and fitness studios, health clubs, year-round pool facilities, community centers, and senior centers
  • Fitness machines

Fitness Tracking Devices and Heart Rate Monitors

  • Limit: One per year

Massage Therapy

  • Swedish, deep tissue, sports, and chair

Online or App Subscriptions

  • Memory fitness
  • Bodywork and/or mind-body therapy
  • Online exercise or fitness programs

Health and Wellness Education

How to get your reimbursement
The Wellness Allowance Reimbursement Form has all the instructions you need for getting your reimbursement. You can submit several forms during the year that total the amount, or you can send in one form for up to the amount.

 

Note: You have until March 31 to submit reimbursement requests for covered purchases made in 2024.

 

Need exercise tips?
Everyone can benefit from staying active. Learn about different types of exercise and the activities that may be available at your fitness center.

 

The benefit information provided is a brief summary, not a complete description of benefits. See your Evidence of Coverage at carepartnersct.com/documents or call Members Services at 1-888-341-1507 (HMO) or 1-866-632-0060 (PPO) (TTY: 711) for more information.