Medicaid Extra Benefits | Healthy Blue Kansas

We’re about more than just doctor visits

With Healthy Blue, you can earn rewards for healthy habits, find support in your community, and get help with transportation to your appointments.

Extras for adults

Members can receive up to $25 per household per quarter to purchase:

Over-the-counter (OTC) items, such as pain relievers, nasal decongestants, nutritional supplements, sleep aids, incontinence products, and more.
Personal hygiene items, such as feminine products, shampoos, conditioners, deodorants, toothbrush holders, hair combs/brushes, and facial tissues.

Community transportation: Members can get up to 30 roundtrip rides per year to: grocery stores, food banks, places of worship, Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) appointments, prenatal classes, lactation consultants, breastfeeding and postpartum support groups, the pharmacy, job interviews, career coaching courses, shopping for work attire, community health events, and more.

Extras for members 18 and under

Summer camp: Youth members, ages 5-17, that complete a well-child visit can receive up to $200 to help cover the costs for summer camp.

Eligible members, ages 5–18, receive a $75 gift card per year to use toward annual membership fees to youth clubs, such as: Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCA, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and 4H.

Assistance with education

Members 18 and up enrolled in the Job Connections program can select one of the following items to help support their employment goals:

GED assistance

Industry cert assistance

Uniform support

Styling support

Tools

Post-secondary education support: Eligible members in 12th grade are eligible to receive up to a $75 gift card once per lifetime to use towards textbooks and dorm room items.

Pregnancy, new moms, and baby extras

Baby Essentials: Pregnant members that complete a postpartum visit can receive $100 to purchase items that support a healthy environment for baby and birthing recovery, such as:

Baby monitor
Babyproof items
Convertible car seat
Diapers
Highchair
Portable crib

Healthy Grocery card: Pregnant members can receive a $75 gift card per pregnancy.

Nursing Support: Pregnant and new moms can receive a $75 gift card to purchase items to help support healthy breastfeeding such as a nursing support pillow, disposable nursing pads, extra milk storage bags and bottles, nursing cover, microwave sterilizer, and more.

Resources for your physical condition(s)

Asthma and COPD relief: Members with asthma or COPD can select up to 2 items per year ($200 max) from a custom catalogue of asthma and allergy relief products from options such as: inhaler vaporizer kits, air purifiers, travel nebulizer compressor systems, hypoallergenic bedding, pillow covers and mattress covers, HEPA air filters, and asthma monitoring devices to manage symptom triggers and prevent asthma attacks.

Diabetes and hypertension management: Members ages 18+ diagnosed with hypertension or diabetes are eligible for our Healthy Adults, Healthy Results Program, which includes:

On-demand fitness and exercise resources designed to help teach the importance of physical activity

Personal Exercise Kit or $50 towards a gym membership

Weight Watchers membership

$50 Healthy Grocery Card

Healthy lifestyle aids: Waiver members and members diagnosed with coronary artery disease (CAD), congestive heart failure (CHF), hypertension (HTN), or diabetes can select up to 2 healthy lifestyle aids (not to exceed $75), such as a digital scale, diabetic insoles and socks, reachers/grabbers, raised toilet seats, fitness trackers, large button remotes, abdominal binders, lumbar support items, memory foam pillows, and more.

Emotional well-being resources

Digital mental health toolkit: Eligible members receive unlimited access to the online community which promotes behavioral health and wellness through instruction, coaching, goal setting and monitoring. These self-help resources ensure members can actively participate in their journey to becoming and staying mentally and physically healthy. Resources include:

Access to on-demand personalized self-paced online programs with interactive multimedia tools and activities, and the ability to track progress

Opt-in support from a Masters-level clinical coach by phone, email or text to further their emotional well-being goals

The ability to engage family and friends in their experience to provide ongoing encouragement

Free webinars on a variety of well-being topics

Members can use the platform to get support when they need it and practice skills that improve conditions in ways that promote overall good health.

For more information, please visit: Learn to Live.

Meditation app subscription: Members 13 and up with a behavioral health diagnosis will receive access to a yearly subscription to a Meditation App with guided meditations, sleep aids, and other resources to promote mindfulness and reduce stress.

Fresh Food Connect: Members over 18 with a behavioral health diagnosis can receive up to a $75 Healthy Grocery Store gift card or wholesale membership access for healthy and nutritious food options. Max one gift card, 3 boxes of fresh produce or one wholesale membership per household.

Refer to the member handbook to learn more about extra benefits that may be available to you and your family. You can redeem some benefits online within the Benefit Reward Hub accessible only through your secure account. Find out what you’re eligible for on the Benefit Reward Hub - (Coming soon).