Eligible Health Care FSA Expenses - FSAFEDS

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Various Eligible Expenses

You can use your Health Care FSA (HC FSA) funds to pay for a wide variety of health care products and services for you, your spouse, and your dependents. The IRS determines which expenses can be reimbursed by an FSA.

Keep Your Receipts

Please save your receipts and other supporting documentation related to your HC FSA expenses and claims. The IRS may request itemized receipts to verify the eligibility of your expenses. Credit card receipts, canceled checks, and balance forward statements do not meet the requirements for acceptable documentation.

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Eligible expenses. Each row shows whether the expense is eligible and any documentation needed.
Expense	Eligible?	Documentation Needed
Acne treatments (over-the-counter)	Eligible with detailed receipt
Activity Tracker	Eligible with detailed receipt	Requires prescription from your doctor, plus detailed receipt
Acupuncture	Eligible with detailed receipt
Adoption (medical expenses related to)	Eligible with detailed receipt
Adoption fees	Not eligible
Alcoholism treatment	Eligible with detailed receipt
Allergy & sinus medicine (over-the counter)	Eligible with detailed receipt
Allergy treatments products (HEPA filters, Air purifier, etc.)	Eligible with detailed receipt	Requires prescription from your doctor, plus detailed receipt
Alternative drugs, medicines and treatment products (for treatment of a medical condition)	Eligible with detailed receipt	Requires prescription from your doctor, plus detailed receipt
Alternative healers (for treatment of a medical condition, when rendered by a licensed, certified, and/or registered health care provider)	Eligible with detailed receipt	Requires prescription from your doctor, plus detailed receipt
Ambulance and emergency health services	Eligible with detailed receipt
Anesthesia (for non-cosmetic purposes)	Eligible with detailed receipt
Antacid (over-the-counter)	Eligible with detailed receipt
Antibiotic ointment (over-the-counter)	Eligible with detailed receipt
Aspirin or other pain reliever (over-the-counter)	Eligible with detailed receipt

Eligible with detailed receipt
Not eligible
Requires prescription from your doctor, plus detailed receipt
Requires Letter of Medical Necessity signed by your doctor, plus detailed receipt