HOW THE PROCESS TO ACCESS THE EPL WORKS:
A Member can use their SIGIS Members Area Login to access EPL via a link located within the Members Area of the SIGIS website. The link is located on the "My SIGIS" tab under the "Announcements" section on www.sig-is.org.

  • All Member Contacts who have a SIGIS Members Area Login, have automatic access to the EPL list. Please click on the EPL List hyperlink from the SIGIS Members area.
  • If you do not have a Members Area login, and wish to access the EPL list, you must first be listed as a company contact within the SIGIS Membership database. You may be added as a new contact by having the primary contact for your company send an email to help@sig-is.org with the new user’s: name, title and email id.
  • Once you are listed as a contact within the Membership database, you can request your SIGIS Members Area Login through the SIGIS website.

    Go to: contact details and select "Password Request". This will take you to a screen where you will enter your email address. Your SIGIS Members Area Login will be emailed to you.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REQUESTING FTP ACCESS TO THE EPL!

Organizations that wish to request FTP access to the EPL may now do so by having a member contact send an email to help@sig-is.org.

If you have any questions please send an email to help@sig-is.org.

IRS requirement
The IRS has issued rulings that apply to certain categories of merchants that sell healthcare/medical items. The rulings state that these merchants must be able to electronically identify qualified medical items it sells, at the point of sale, through what the IRS calls an Inventory Information Approval System, or IIAS.


What is the SIGIS Eligible Product List
The SIGIS Eligible Product List is a list of eligible healthcare/medical products that qualify for purchase with an FSA or HRA payment card. The list has been reviewed and modified by the SIGIS List Working Group, a group of benefit plan administrators.
Merchants who wish use the SIGIS standard and process IIAS transactions must use the SIGIS Eligible Product List to identify their inventory so that eligible products can be identified and processed at the point of sale in accordance with the SIGIS specification.


What is SIGIS?
A group of companies involved in supporting Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) debit card transactions who established a voluntary industry standard to meet IRS requirements for operating an IIAS by the mandated deadline of January 1, 2008.
SIGIS is composed of a broad range of participants, including retailers, card issuers, third party plan administrators ("TPAs"), merchant acquirers, processors, financial institutions, trade association groups, software vendors, and payment card networks.


List details
The SIGIS Eligible Product List will be made up of product records described as follows:

The List will include nationally distributed, regular stock items. The List will be available in several file formats, including fixed length, .xls, XML, CSV delimited, and pipe delimited. The List will be updated and published on a monthly basis.

The List, as defined, will typically not include private label items as well as the following types of items:

• Items specially created for an individual retailer
• Local, regional or specialty items
• Certain bonus items (2 ounces free)
• Buy One Get One (BOGOS) Free
• Other in-and-out types of packaging with limited availability or distribution.

Members Request to Access Eligible Products List

The SIGIS Members Area password will also allow the member access to the Eligible Products List. If you are a SIGIS member and would like to request access to the Eligible Product List or have forgotten your password, please fill out the Password Request.