2023 Benefits Guide Health Savings Account (HSA) (continued) How to Stretch your HSA Funds When you experience an accident or illness, you may have more questions than answers. The first question you need to answer is where to go to get medical care. When it comes to telemedicine, a family doctor, urgent care, a walk-in clinic or the emergency room, what you select could make a big difference in tern of cost, convenience and care. So, what’s the best option? Service Provider Types of Services When to Go Cost Who You’ll See? TeleHealth* Diagnostics, Prescriptions, Non-acute symptoms, - Practicing Preventive Care for Cold & managing existing conditions, PCPs, flu, allergies, bronchitis, preventive care. pediatricians, urinary, respiratory, sinus and family and ear infections, rash’s, medicine pink eye, ect ect physicians Walk-In Clinic Diagnostics, Prescriptions, Non acute symptoms of $ Nurse Preventive Care common illnesses or skin Practitioner, conditions, screenings, Physician’s vaccinations Assistant Doctor’s Office Diagnostics, Prescriptions, Non-acute symptoms, $$ Preventive Care, Illness managing existing conditions, MD (General Treatment, Disease preventive care Practitioner) Management Referrals Urgent Care Diagnostics, Prescriptions, Non life-threatening $$$ Nurse Minor Injury Treatment, conditions that need to be Practitioner, Illness Treatment assessed the same day Physician’s Assistant Emergency Room Anything relating to Life threatening, sudden- $$$$ ER MD, triage/diagnosis + onset pain, acute injuries trauma stabilization of a serious or surgeon, critical injury or illness Paramedic *For the 2023 plan year, WestCare has enrolled every benefit eligible employee and their dependents in TelaDoc at no cost to employees. When trying to stretch your HSA dollars, consider the below options when medical care is needed. 16 16 WestCare