Implementing a Medical Travel Benefit

Following the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States last week, a number of employers have asked about the best practices and considerations for implementing a medical travel reimbursement benefit for employees who find it necessary to access healthcare in another region.

Medical travel benefits to support or even incentivize care in other locations are not necessarily new. Beyond politics, some employers have already implemented programs to drive care towards centers of excellence for certain high-cost or complex conditions.

(6/30/2022 Update) See Vita's Medical Travel HRAs solution for detailed guidance on how employers can implement a medical travel HRA benefit.