{"id":6622,"date":"2018-03-26T16:40:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T16:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/?p=6622"},"modified":"2018-03-26T18:23:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T18:23:57","slug":"additional-benefits-allowances-and-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/additional-benefits-allowances-and-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Benefits, Allowances and Programs*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We want to help make important lifestyle choices a little easier for you. As a Health New\u00a0England Medicare Advantage member, you have a Fitness Center, Weight Watchers<sup style=\"font-size: 10px; line-height: 0; vertical-align: 5px;\">\u00ae<\/sup>,\u00a0Acupuncture and Over-The-Counter Items Allowance to help you stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p>This is a combined benefit total of up to $150 per calendar year for a fitness center\u00a0membership, Weight Watchers\u00ae program, acupuncture and\/or over-the-counter items, which\u00a0include shower chairs, grab bars, raised toilet seats, automatic blood pressure cuffs, bathtub\u00a0benches\/stools and compression\u00a0 stockings. This allowance is provided as a reimbursement. You\u00a0must pay for the items or services first and then submit appropriate receipts and documentation\u00a0for reimbursement. Please see the \u201cBenefits, Allowances and Programs\u201d information in your\u00a0member materials or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/healthnealthnewengland.org\/medicare\/members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthnealthnewengland.org\/medicare\/members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about an allowance or about any of our plan options, please call our\u00a0Member Services Department.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Additional Benefits Reimbursement Reminder<\/strong><br \/>\nSubmit your Additional Benefits Reimbursement requests and required\u00a0documentation by March 31, 2018, for your 2017 additional benefits\u00a0reimbursable expenses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>*Health New England Medicare Advantage is an HMO Plan with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in\u00a0Health New England Medicare Advantage depends on contract renewal. This information is not a\u00a0complete description of benefits. Contact the plan for more information. Limitations, copayments and\u00a0restrictions may apply. Benefits, premiums and\/or copayments\/coinsurance may change on January 1\u00a0of each year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">H8578_2018_601 Accepted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We want to help make important lifestyle choices a little easier for you. As a Health New\u00a0England Medicare Advantage member, you have a Fitness Center, Weight Watchers\u00ae,\u00a0Acupuncture and Over-The-Counter Items Allowance to help you stay healthy. This is a combined benefit total of up to $150 per calendar year for a fitness center\u00a0membership, Weight Watchers\u00ae [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[682,680,683,678,500,681,427],"class_list":["post-6622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicare","category-uncategorized","tag-acupuncture","tag-additional-benefits","tag-fitness-membership","tag-medicare-members","tag-reimbursement","tag-weight-watchers","tag-wellness"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/workout.jpg?fit=3296%2C1554&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZGa-1IO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6622"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6659,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6622\/revisions\/6659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}