At-home COVID-19 Tests
Your Benefit Fund will cover up to eight FDA-approved over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 rapid home test kits per eligible member* every 30 days. CVS covers only FDA-approved test kits listed on the Fund’s Preferred Drug List (PDL), so please refer to the list below.
For information about COVID-19 testing, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website.
OTC COVID-19 tests are covered through your prescription benefits, but you do not need a prescription from a doctor.
There are two ways you can get your OTC COVID-19 tests:
No-cost Pharmacy Option
- For your convenience, you may visit your participating retail pharmacy and follow these steps to obtain OTC COVID-19 test kits at no cost to you through CVS. Call your participating pharmacy to see if they have at-home FDA-approved COVID-19 test kits available and confirm that a pharmacist will be on duty when you wish to pick up your test kits.
- Take your 1199SEIU Health Benefits ID card to the retail pharmacy.
- Bring the COVID-19 test kits to the pharmacy counter, not the regular checkout lane.
- Check out at the pharmacy counter and show your 1199SEIU Health Benefits ID card, the same way you would pick up a prescription. Your at-home COVID-19 test kits should automatically ring up at no cost to you once the pharmacist completes the claim processing.
CVS-covered COVID-19 Test Kits
Advin COVID-19 Antigen Test @Home
Binax NOW COVID-19 Ag Card Home Test
CareStart COVID-19 Antigen Home Test
Clinitest Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test
CVS Health At Home COVID-19 Test Kit
FaStep COVID-19 Antigen Pen Home Test
GoToKnow COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test
iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test
Indicaid COVID-19 Rapid Antigen At-Home Test
OHC COVID-19 Antigen Self Test
Pilot COVID-19 At-Home Test
Speedy Swab Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test
Note: If you purchase a test kit that is not covered by CVS, you will need to pay out of pocket for the kit. You will not receive any reimbursement.
Claim Reimbursement Options
If you paid out-of-pocket to purchase your OTC COVID-19 test kit, you may submit a claim reimbursement for the purchase price up to $12 per kit.
Submit requests to CVS Caremark by mail or fax. To submit a request, complete the CVS Over-the-Counter, At-Home COVID-19 Test Reimbursement Claim Form and send it along with your test kit purchase receipt to the address or fax number on the form.
To receive reimbursement, please make sure you choose an FDA-approved test brand that is covered by CVS, as on the Benefit Fund list above.
*Eligible members include NBF Wage Class I and II members, including early retirees; GNY Eligibility Class I and II members; GNY-NJ Eligibility Class I, II and III members; Home Care Benefit Fund members; and NBF-Rochester members.