View Included 2025 Food and Over-The-Counter Items
Nascentia Health Plus food and over-the-counter benefit allows members to buy healthy groceries like produce, dairy, bread, and meat; and OTC items such as cough and allergy medications, first aid supplies, and more at your favorite stores.
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2025 Nascentia Dual Advantage (D-SNP)
2024 Nascentia Dual Advantage (D-SNP)
2025 Nascentia Skilled Nursing Facility (I-SNP)
2024 Nascentia Skilled Nursing Facility (I-SNP)
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2025 Plan Benefits:
- $225 per month food and over-the-counter benefit
- $100 per month for utility bills
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Included Grocery Items
- Bottled waters
- Bread, rolls, and tortillas
- Breakfast foods (toaster pastries, cereal bars, granola, and granola bars)
- Canned meat
- Canned seafood
- Canned/jar fruits and vegetables, including salsa and non-processed beans
- Cereal (hot and cold)
- Cocoa, cofee and tea (dry or liquid)
- Dairy (milk, cheese, butter, sour cream and whipping cream)
- Diuretics and weight loss cleansing and detox
- Dried fruit, fruit snacks
- Dry and liquid/concentrated drink mixes
- Dry beans
- Dry pasta
- Enhanced waters
- Fruits and vegetables
- General health oral rehydration therapy
- Herbs, spices, and seasoning
- Ice
- Juice blends, drinks, and punches (including sparkling)
- Juices (includes sparkling)
- Margarine
- Meats—fresh/frozen poultry, ground beef, beef
- Meats—processed (sausage, jerky, lunch meat)
- Medical meals
- Nutritional bars
- Nutritional liquids
- Nutritional powders
- Nuts and trail mix
- Oils and shortening
- Pancakes and wafes
- Peanut butter (and other nut butters)
- Prepared food (canned stews, heat and eat)
- Prepared food (stews, pizza, heat and eat, veggie burgers)
- Rice and whole grains
- Seafood
- Seeds
- Soup
- Soy and other nut milks
- Sparkling water
- Sport drinks—Gatorade and others
- Sport/energy bars
- Sport/energy liquids
- Sport/energy powders
- Sport/energy tabs and caps
- Sugar and salt substitutes
- Thickeners and pre-thickened beverages/foods
- Tomato/spaghetti/alfredo/nutritionally significant sauce
- Weight management bars
- Weight management foods, liquids, and powders
- Whole eggs and egg substitutes
- Yogurt
Excluded Grocery Items
- Alcohol (beer, liquor, etc.)
- Appetizers, french fries, onion rings, etc.
- Bakery (pies, cakes, mufns)
- Baking/cooking supplies (baking powder, yeast etc.)
- Bottled energy drinks
- Cake/cookie mixes, frosting, chocolate chips, marshmallows, decorations
- Condiments, sauces, dips, mayonnaise, and salad dressing
- Cookies
- Crackers
- Deli—processed and fried
- Desserts/sweets
- Dry mixes—side dish mixes, dinner mixes
- Flours, cornmeal, nut and seed fours, bread/biscuit mixes
- Ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet
- Jams, jellies, sweet spreads, syrup
- Lard
- Puddings and gelatin
- Prepared/ready-to-eat soups, meals, sandwiches
- Salty snacks
- Soda
- Sugar—white, brown and powdered
- Wine and wine coolers
Included Over-The-Counter Health Items
- Aids and home diagnostics/testing
- Cold and allergy
- Compression support
- Condoms
- Diabetes care
- Digestive health
- Eye & ear care
- Feminine anti-fungal
- First aid
- Foot care
- Health supports
- Hearing aid batteries
- Home aids and safety
- Incontinence
- Oral care
- Pain relief
- Physical ftness
- Skin care
- Smoking deterrents
- Sun protection
- Vitamins and supplements
- Weight management and nutrition
Excluded Over-The-Counter Health Items
- Alternative therapies
- Appliances
- Athletic compression
- Athletic items
- Automotive
- Baby/children
- Breath freshener/ mouthwash
- Candy
- Cleanses
- Clothing
- Compounding and pharmacy
- Contraception
- Cosmetics
- Deodorants
- Diabetes items
- Ear plugs/protection
- Entertainment/electronics
- Eyeglass accessories/sunglasses
- Feminine hygiene products
- Foot care
- Fragrances
- Gifts/home items
- Hair care
- Home COVID testing
- Home healthcare
- Homeopathic
- Household batteries
- Household items
- Household products
- Lip moisturizers
- Maternity/pregnancy
- Office supplies
- Pet items
- Phones
- Sexuality
- Shaving and grooming
- Sleep aids
- Smoking and tobacco
- Tanners/after-sun care
- Toys and games
- Travel
Last Updated on October 1, 2024
