What Is Not Covered
While the Medical Plan covers a wide variety of medically necessary services, some expenses are not covered. Some of these are listed below.
Expenses not covered include, but are not limited to:
- Care from a person who is a member of your family or your spouse's/domestic partner's family;
- Charges for the difference between a private and semi-private hospital room;
- Correction of weak, unstable, or flat feet; arch supports (unless prescribed by a physician); corrective shoes (unless prescribed by a physician); shoe orthotics (except for custom-molded shoe inserts prescribed to treat a condition, disease, or illness affecting the function of the foot); or treatment of corns, calluses, or chronic foot strain;
- Cosmetic surgery treatment, except to repair damage from accident or injury; treat a functional birth defect; reconstruct a breast after mastectomy and/or reconstruction of the non-affected breast to produce a symmetrical appearance; or treat an infection or disease;
- Custodial services, including custodial nursing care and group homes;
- Donor expenses with regard to infertility treatment;
- Educational therapy (except for members with a diagnosis of diabetes) and social or marital counseling;
- Expenses for which you're not obligated to pay (for example, if a licensed provider or hospital waives an expense, the Plan will not pay any benefit to you or a licensed provider);
- If you enter into an agreement with a provider regarding the waiver of an expense, you are required to inform your health care company of the agreement.
- Expenses in excess of reasonable and customary charges for out-of-network services;
- Expenses submitted later than December 31 of the year after the year in which services were provided;
- Experimental, investigational, or unproven services, devices, or supplies (see the definition of "Experimental, Investigational, or Unproven Services" under "Defined Terms");
- Extended benefit coverage after termination from JPMorgan Chase (other than coverage elected through COBRA). If you are hospitalized on the date your JPMorgan Chase Medical Plan coverage terminates, Medical Plan coverage will end at midnight that day.
- Hospital admissions and other services that began before the participant's effective date of coverage under the Medical Plan;
- Inpatient private duty nursing;
- Non-medical charges for care in a nursing or convalescent home or long-term custodial care, even if prescribed by a licensed provider;
- Non-prescription contraceptive devices, unless medically necessary (prescription oral contraceptives are covered under the JPMorgan Chase Prescription Drug Plan);
- Non-surgical correction of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome, such as appliances or devices;
- Nutritional support expenses including but not limited to:
- Regular grocery products (including over-the-counter infant formulas such as Similac and Enfamil) that meet the nutritional needs of the patient;
- Infant formula that is not specifically made to treat inborn errors of metabolism;
- Medical food products that:
- Are prescribed without a diagnosis requiring such food;
- Are used for convenience purposes;
- Have no proven therapeutic benefit without an underlying disease, condition, or disorder;
- Are used as a substitute for acceptable standard dietary interventions;
- Are used exclusively for nutritional supplementation; and
- Are required because of food allergies.
- Nutritional and electrolyte supplements, including infant formula, donor breast milk, nutritional supplements, dietary supplements, electrolyte supplements, diets for weight control or treatment of obesity (including liquid diets or food), food of any kind (diabetic, low fat, cholesterol), oral vitamins, and oral minerals.
- Food supplements, specialized infant formulas (e.g., Alimentum, Elecare, and Neocate), lactose-free foods, vitamins and/or minerals may be used to replace intolerable foods, for lactose intolerance, to supplement a deficient diet, or to provide alternative nutrition in the presence of such conditions as allergies, gastrointestinal disorders, hypoglycemia, and obesity. Food supplements, lactose-free foods, specialized infant formulas, vitamins and/or minerals taken orally are not covered, even if they are required to maintain weight or strength and regardless of whether these are prescribed by a physician.
- Personal services for comfort or convenience while in the hospital, such as television, telephone, etc.;
- Physical, psychiatric, or psychological exams, testing, vaccinations, or treatments if required solely for purposes of school, sports or camp, career or employment, insurance, marriage, or adoption;
- Refractive eye examinations for new lenses or the cost of eyeglasses or contacts. This does not apply to the first pair of contact lenses or the first pair of eyeglasses after cataract surgery;
- Refractive eye surgery including, but not limited to, LASIK or radial keratotomy;
- Reproductive education and conception prevention classes;
- Reversals of sterilization;
- Routine dental care (please see the Dental Plan Summary Plan Description on My Health for information about services covered under the JPMorgan Chase Dental Plan);
- Routine eye exams (please see the Vision Plan Summary Plan Description on My Health for information about services covered under the JPMorgan Chase Vision Plan);
- Services, supplies, or treatment for weight loss, nutritional supplements, or dietary therapy;
- Sickness or loss covered by state workers' compensation law or automobile insurance;
- Sickness or loss that is later determined to be the legal responsibility of another person or company;
- Treatments, services, or supplies that are not medically necessary or not approved by a licensed provider or services provided outside the scope of a provider's license;
- Treatments, services, medicines or supplies that are illegal in the State where performed or prescribed.
- Treatments for the primary diagnoses of learning disabilities, conduct and impulse control disorders, personality disorders, and paraphilias (sexual behavior that is considered deviant or abnormal);
- Unbundled medical expenses — charges billed separately when considered by the claims administrator in its sole discretion to be part of a global procedure; and
- Vision Therapy
The items/services listed above may change at any time.