Health-E Commerce partners with Talkspace on mental health counseling offer
Health-E Commerce partnered with Talkspace to allow FSA/HSA purchases of virtual mental health services, offering $100 off for first-time patients. The partnership enables pretax spending on telehealth counseling through FSA Store and HSA Store.
This signals growing acceptance of telehealth as FSA/HSA eligible, creating opportunities for health and wellness sellers to position products for pretax purchases. Sellers should explore FSA/HSA eligibility for their health-related products to tap into this expanding market.
The telehealth-FSA integration trend creates new distribution channels for health and wellness brands, potentially shifting consumer purchasing patterns toward pretax-eligible platforms.
Research FSA/HSA eligibility for your health products using the IRS Publication 502 guidelines to access pretax spending markets.
Consider partnerships with FSA/HSA administrators or stores if you sell eligible health products to expand distribution channels.
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FSA/HSA telehealth expansion signals new opportunities for health product sellers.
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FSA/HSA telehealth expansion signals new opportunities for health product sellers.
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$100 off for first-time patients using FSA/HSA funds
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Health-E Commerce has announced a collaboration with Talkspace in which the companies allow individuals to purchase virtual mental health counseling. Health-E Commerce is also the company behind FSA Store and HSA Store.
They sell health care products that consumers can purchase using their pretax flexible spending account (FSA) or health savings account (HSA) dollars, respectively. Talkspace describes itself as a virtual behavioral health care provider.
It offers therapy for individuals (including for teenagers) and couples, in addition to psychiatric treatment and medication management for adults. The partnership would allow Health-E Commerce consumers — via FSA Store and HSA Store — to use pretax spending options to purchase virtual mental health counseling through Talkspace.
The companies said first-time patients using FSA or HSA funds will receive $100 off Talkspace services. Together, FSA Store and HSA Store rank No. 1,132 in the Top 2000 Database. The database tracks North America’s largest online retailers by their annual ecommerce sales and more.
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