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.

 

 

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.