Elevate Medicare Healthy Food Visa Prepaid Card

Nutrition Benefit to Support Your Health

Most members qualify for the Healthy Food Card benefit as part of the Elevate Medicare Advantage plan. This benefit gives qualifying members an Elevate Medicare Healthy Food Visa® Prepaid Card for covered groceries at many grocery store retailers, including grocery/supermarkets, fruit markets, vitamin shops, specialty food markets and more. Buy a wide range of groceries, like fruits, vegetables, meats, poultry, fish, eggs, cheese, milk, beans, bread, cereals, pasta and more.*

Elevate Medicare Select (HMO) receives up to $75 quarterly allowance.
Elevate Medicare Choice (HMO D-SNP) receives up to $260 quarterly allowance.

*Non-covered items include alcohol, baby formula, candy, chips, coffee shop items, desserts, fresh baked goods, soda and tobacco.

How to Get the Healthy Food Card Benefit

Qualifying members visit MedicareWellnessRewards.com to request a new Elevate Healthy Food Visa Prepaid Card once per quarter (January, April, July and October). You will need the following information on hand:

Campaign Code: 23-86741
Your Elevate Medicare member ID (found on member ID card)

Please allow 4-6 weeks to process your request. Health Plan Services is available to help you submit your request or provide you with any information you may need.

Questions? Call (303) 602-2111 or 1-877-956-2111.

Request Healthy Food Card

Qualifying Conditions

Questions? Call (303) 602-2111 or 1-877-956-2111.

Chronic alcohol and other drug dependency
Autoimmune disorders
Cancer
Cardiovascular disorders
Chronic heart failure
Diabetes
Dementia
End-stage liver disease
End-stage renal disease (ESRD)
Severe hematologic disorders
HIV/AIDS
Chronic lung disorders
Chronic and disabling mental health conditions
Neurologic disorders
Stroke

High blood pressure (hypertension)
Varicose vein with ulcers
Peripheral vascular disease
Carotid artery disease
Aortic aneurysm or abdominal aortic aneurysm
A history of blood clots in your lungs or other places in your body – doctors may call this deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism or chronic venous thromboembolic disorder
A history of stroke (a blood clot in your brain)

Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s disease
Epilepsy or seizure disorder
Huntington’s disease
Multiple sclerosis, or MS
Parkinson’s disease
Polyneuropathy
Spinal stenosis
Neurologic problems related to a stroke

High cholesterol
Aplastic anemia
Hemophilia
Sickle-cell disease (not including sickle-cell trait)
Chronic venous thromboembolic disorder, a condition that causes blood clot

Asthma
Emphysema
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Chronic bronchitis
Pulmonary fibrosis
Pulmonary hypertension

Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus)
Polyarteritis nodosa, which cause muscle pain and stiffness
Polymyositis, which weakens your muscles
HIV/AIDS

Cardiac arrhythmias (unusual heart rhythms, like when your heart flutters or “skips a beat”)
Coronary artery disease
Chronic heart failure (CHF)
Atrial fibrillation, also called A-fib

Bipolar disorders
Depression (major depressive disorder)
Paranoid disorder
Schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder
Alcohol or other drug dependence

End-stage liver disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) or chronic kidney failure
End-stage kidney disease or renal disease, also called ESRD

Diabetes
Thyroid problems
Addison’s Disease
Cushing’s Syndrome

Arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis (weak bones)
Family history of osteoporosis

Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
Lyme Disease

Crohn’s disease
Colitis
Inflammatory polyps

Health problems from not getting enough food to eat, especially protein food like meat, fish, eggs or beans

Not including pre-cancer

Body Mass Index of 40 or higher

*This benefit is part of special supplemental program for the chronically ill. Not all members qualify. Card is issued by Pathward, N.A., Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. No cash access or recurring payments. Can be used at select merchants that accept Visa debit cards. Card valid for up to 4 months, funds do not expire and may be available after card expiration date, fees may apply. Terms and conditions apply.

Nutrition Benefit to Support Your Health

How to Get the Healthy Food Card Benefit

Qualifying Conditions

Qualifying conditions include:

Conditions that affect your blood vessels, like:

Brain or neurological conditions, like:

Blood or bone marrow conditions, like:

Conditions that affect your lungs or breathing, like:

Conditions that affect your immune system, like:

Heart conditions, like:

Mental or behavioral health conditions, like:

Problems with your liver or kidney, like:

Endocrine (hormone) conditions, like:

Conditions that affect your bones or joints, like:

A long-term infectious disease, like:

Conditions that affect your digestion, like:

Protein-calorie malnutrition

Any form of cancer

Severe Obesity