With a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Medicare Advantage plan, your coverage goes with you when you're shopping over the counter. Our over-the-counter allowance program, called Advantage Dollars, helps you save on eligible over-the-counter drugs, items and certain food products.
This benefit is available to all individual Medicare Advantage plan members.
You get an Advantage Dollars card preloaded with an allowance of $25 to $100 per quarter, depending on which Medicare Advantage plan you have.
Your card can be used to purchase eligible items such as:
* Food items are eligible for members who have been diagnosed with diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, hypertension, coronary artery disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
** Unused amounts will roll into the next quarter but not the next calendar year.
You can search for eligible products at MyBenefitsCenter.com
1. Visit a participating store.
2. Shop for approved over-the-counter items or healthy food items.
3. When checking out, swipe your Advantage Dollars card first to pay for all approved items. Then, if necessary, use a secondary form of payment for any remaining items you are purchasing.
Participating retailers include: Walmart, Kroger, Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens, Family Dollar and Dollar General. To find a retailer near you, visit MyBenefitsCenter.com.
Online:
Place your order online at Convey.
Phone:
To place your order or to request a printed catalog and mail order form, call 1‑855‑856‑7878. Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern Time. TTY users call 711.
Mail:
Download the Mail order catalog (PDF) and use the Mail order form (PDF) to order items by mail.
Online:
Place your order online at FarmboxRx.
Phone:
Call 1-888-416-3589 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time, seven days a week. TTY users, call 711.
This program is for Medicare Plus BlueSM PPO Assure members. You'll receive a Flex credit card in the mail. This card can be used to pay for dental, vision and hearing services and items in addition to your plan-covered services.
Learn more about the Advantage Dollar Flex Program (PDF) and access the Advantage Dollars Flex Reimbursement Form (PDF).