Automatic Reimbursement Fact Sheet

Non-Supervisory Merit Spending Account

To avoid confusion regarding which claims can be automatically reimbursed through your medical spending account, and to avoid duplicate payment of claims, please read the following:

• Provided your medical and medical flex spending account have the same identification number you may enroll for automatic reimbursement.  When you sign up for Automatic Reimbursement, all claims that are processed by a medical plan offered through Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa will be automatically applied to your medical spending account. Medical claims incurred by you (or your spouse or dependents, if they are covered under your contract), will be included in this program when you are covered under a plan offered through Wellmark.
  
  Your claims will be processed by the medical plan, and any remaining out-of-pocket costs will be applied to your medical spending account.
  
  Do not submit paper claims to the Wellmark Flexible Benefits Department if these same claims will be submitted to your Wellmark medical insurance.
• If you have selected medical coverage from a company other than Wellmark or you use an alternate identification number your unreimbursed medical expenses will not be automatically submitted to your Medical Spending Account. To receive reimbursement, please submit a claim form with documentation of your eligible medical expenses.
• All dental, vision or over-the-counter purchases must be submitted with a claim form and required documentation.
• You should not sign up for Automatic Reimbursement if you or any dependent covered under your medical contract has other (duplicate) coverage. Duplicate payment could occur, in violation of Internal Revenue Service regulations governing Medical Spending Accounts.
• If you have a “double-spouse” contract (i.e., both you and your spouse are employees and are eligible to participate in the Flexible Spending Account), only the contract holder is eligible to participate in Automatic Reimbursement. Since we currently use Social Security numbers to match your unreimbursed expenses to your medical spending account, we are unable to pull expenses from a contract that is listed under a different Social Security number.

 Flexible Benefits Watts Line - (800) 624-2755
Flexible Benefits Fax - (515) 248-5350