Qualified Medical Expenses

This list is not all-inclusive.

AA meetings, transportation to
Acupuncture
Alcoholism treatment
Ambulance
Arthritis gloves
Artificial limbs
Artificial teeth
Bandages, for torn or injured skin
Batteries
Blood-pressure monitoring devices
Blood-sugar test kits and test strips
Body scans
Braille books and magazines
Breast pumps
Breast reconstruction surgery following mastectomy
Cancer screenings
Carpal tunnel wrist supports
Chelation therapy
Chiropractors
Cholesterol test kits
Circumcision
Co-insurance amounts
Condoms
Contact lenses, materials, and equipment
Co-payments
CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) devices
Crutches
Deductibles
Dental sealants
Dentures and denture adhesives
Diabetic supplies
Diagnostic items/services
Drug addiction treatment
Drug overdose, treatment of
Durable medical equipment
Ear plugs
Eye examinations, eyeglasses, equipment, and materials
First aid kits
Flu shots
Fluoridation services
Gauze pads
Glucose-monitoring equipment
Guide dog
Hearing aids
Hospital services
Humidifier
Immunizations
Incontinence supplies
Insulin
Laboratory fees
Lactation consultant
Laser eye surgery, Lasik
Latex gloves
Lice treatment
Liquid adhesive for small cuts
Lodging at a hospital or similar institution
Masks, disposable
Mastectomy-related special bras
Medical alert bracelet or necklace
Medical monitoring and testing devices
Medical records charges
Midwife
Motion sickness wristbands
Norplant insertion or removal
Obstetrical expenses
Occlusal guards to prevent teeth grinding
Occupational therapy
Online or telephone consultation
Operations, non-cosmetic
Optometrist
Organ donors
Orthodontia
Orthopedic shoe inserts
Osteopath fees
Ovulation monitor
Oxygen
Physical exams
Physical therapy
Pregnancy test kits
Preventive care screenings
Prosthesis
Psychiatric care
Radial keratotomy
Reading glasses
Rehydration solution
Rubbing alcohol
Safety glasses
Screening tests
Shipping and handling fees
Sleep-deprivation treatment
Smoking-cessation programs
Speech therapy
Sterilization procedures
Stop-smoking program
Supplies to treat medical condition
Support braces
Surgery
Taxes on medical services and products
Telemedicine
Telephone equipment for persons with hearing or speech disabilities
Thermometers
Transplants
Transportation expenses for person to receive medical care
Tuition evidencing separate breakdown for medical expenses
Vaccines
Vasectomy
Vasectomy reversal
Viagra
Vision correction procedures
Walkers
Wheelchair
X-ray fees

This list is not all-inclusive.

Acne treatment
Activity tracker
Acupressure
Adaptive equipment
Air conditioner
Air purifier
Allergy medicine
Allergy treatment products other than medicine
Alternative healers
Analgesics
Antacids
Antibiotic ointments
Antihistamines
Anti-itch creams
Aspirin
Asthma delivery devices and medications
Automobile modifications
Bactine
Behavioral modification programs
Birth-control pills
Birthing classes
Blood storage
Books, health-related
Breastfeeding supplies
Calamine lotion
Calcium supplements
Capital expenses
Car modifications
Childbirth classes
Chinese herbal practitioners
Chondroitin
Classes, health-related
Club dues and fees
COBRA premiums
Cold medicine
Cold/hot packs
Cold sore medicine
Compression hose
Contraceptives
Cough suppressants
Counseling
Crowns, dental
Dancing lessons
Decongestants
Dental services and procedures
Dermatology
Diabetic socks
Diaper rash ointments and creams
Diapers or diaper service
Diarrhea medicine
Dietary supplements
Disabled dependent care expenses
DNA collection and storage
Doula
Drugs and medicines
Dyslexia treatment
Ear wax removal drops
Eczema treatments
Egg donor fees
Eggs and embryos, storage fees
Elevator
Exercise equipment or programs
Expectorants
Eye drops
Fertility treatments
Fever-reducing medications
Fiber supplements
First aid cream
Fitness programs
Fluoride rinses
Food thickeners
Foods
Foreign countries, medical care received in
Gastric bypass surgery & including excess skin removal
Gambling problem, treatment for
Genetic testing and counseling
Glucosamine
Hair removal and transplants
Hand sanitizer
Headache medications
Health club fees
Health institute fees
Hemorrhoid treatments
Herbs
HMO premiums
Holistic or natural healers
Home health care
Home improvements (such as exit ramps, widening doorways, etc.)
Hormone replacement therapy
Human guide
Hydrotherapy
Hypnosis
Inclinator
Infant formula
Infertility treatments
Insect-bite creams and ointments
Insect repellent
Insurance premiums
IVF (in vitro fertilization)
Lactose intolerance tablets
Lamaze classes
Language training
Laxatives
Lead-based paint removal
Learning disability, instructional fees
Legal fees, general
Legal fees in connection with fertility treatments
Lip products, medicated
Lodging not at a hospital or similar institution
Lodging of a companion
Long-term care insurance premiums
Long-term care services
Massage therapy
Mattresses
Meals at a hospital or similar institution
Medical conference admission, transportation, meals, etc.
Medicines and drugs
Menstrual pain relievers
Mentally handicapped, special home for
Mineral supplements
“Morning-after” contraceptive pills
Motion sickness pills
Nasal strips or sprays
Naturopathic healers
Nicotine gum or patches
Nonprescription drugs and medicines
Nursing services provided by a nurse or other attendant
Nutritional supplements
Nutritionist’s professional expenses
Omega-3 supplements
Orthopedic shoes
Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs
Pain relievers (Examples: Advil, Aspirin, Tylenol)
Personal trainer fees
Petroleum jelly
Prenatal vitamins
Prescription drugs
Probiotics
Propecia
Psychoanalysis
Psychologist
Rental cars
Rental fee, for equipment
Retin-A
Rogaine
Schools and education, residential
Schools and education, special
Scooter, electric
Service animal, to assist individual with mental health disabilities
Sexual dysfunction
Sinus medications
Smoking-cessation medications
Special foods
Sperm, storage fees
Spermicidal foam
St. John’s Wort
Stem cell, harvesting and/or storage of
Student health fee
Sunburn creams and ointments, medicated
Sunglasses
Sun-protective (SPF) clothing
Sunscreen
Sunscreen, cosmetics or similar products with
Swimming lessons
Swimming pool maintenance
Therapy
Throat lozenges
Toothache and teething pain relievers
Transportation of someone other than the person receiving medical care
Transportation to and from a medical conference
Treadmill
Tuition for special-needs program
Ultrasound, prenatal
Umbilical cord blood storage
Varicose veins, treatment of
Veterinary fees
Vitamins
Wart remover treatments
Weight-loss programs and/or drugs prescribed to induce weight loss
Wigs
Yeast infection medications

This list is not all-inclusive.

Babysitting and child care
Car seats
Christian Science practitioners
Cologne
Controlled substances in violation of federal law
Cosmetic procedures
Cosmetics
CPR classes
Dental floss
Deodorant
Dependent care expenses
Diet foods
Drug testing kits for home use
Ear piercing
Electrolysis or hair removal
Face creams
Face lifts
Feminine hygiene products
Founder’s fee
Funeral expenses
Hair colorants
Hand lotion
Household help
Illegal operations and treatments
Laser hair removal
Late fees (for late payment of medical bills)
Lipsticks
Lodging while attending a medical conference
Makeup
Marijuana or other controlled substances in violation of federal law
Maternity clothes
Meals not at a hospital or similar institution
Meals of a companion
Meals while attending a medical conference
Missed appointment fees
Moisturizers
Mouthwash
Nail polish
Nursing services for a baby
Perfume
Permanent waves
Prepayments
Prescription drug discount programs
Prescription drugs and medicines obtained from other countries
Recliner chairs
Shampoos
Shaving cream or lotion
Skin moisturizers
Soaps
Suntan lotion without sunscreen
Surrogate or gestational carrier expenses
Tanning salons and equipment
Teeth whitening
Toiletries
Toothbrushes
Toothpaste
Transportation costs of disabled individual commuting to and from work
Veneers
Vision discount programs
Warranties
YMCA day camp

It is the responsibility of the HSA account owner to provide proof that HSA funds were spent in accordance with IRS regulations and guidelines. The IRS website provides information regarding Qualified Medical Expenses & Not Qualified Medical Expenses. The IRS may request receipts or documentation from the HSA account owner to show the appropriate use of HSA funds, in the case of an IRS audit. MotivHealth is not responsible to review any submitted documentation regarding the usage of your HSA funds.

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