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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Nascentia Dual Advantage (D-SNP)
2025 Plan Benefits:

CVS
Rite Aid
Walmart

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