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People of all ages need to keep their heart healthy. Eating well, exercising regularly, and seeing your health care provider can help you keep your heart healthy. Work with your healthcare provider and adopt good lifestyle habits to help lower the risk of heart disease.

Heart disease describes conditions related to plaque building up in the walls of the arteries. Other conditions include arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythms), congenital heart failure, and heart valve problems.

What is your risk?

Heart disease can happen to anyone, including children. You can be born with it, and a family history of heart disease may increase your risk.

Most heart disease develops over time due to poor habits such as smoking or eating an unhealthy diet. Having high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or diabetes also increases your risk of heart disease. Talk with your provider about ways to prevent or manage diabetes and control other risk factors.

What is a good resting heart rate?

A normal resting heart rate for adults ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute (bpm). Remember, factors such as age, physical activity, and overall health can affect what is considered your normal resting heart rate.

Talk to your provider if you have concerns about your heart rate.

How does high blood pressure affect heart health?

The higher your blood pressure levels, the more risk you have for heart disease, heart attack, and stroke. Causes for high blood pressure include:

  • Diabetes
  • Being overweight or obese
  • Smoking
  • Not getting enough regular physical activity
  • Unhealthy diets, including high amounts of sodium and alcohol

Talk to your provider about how you can lower your blood pressure to help avoid heart disease and stroke.

How can you lower your risk of heart disease?
• Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, poultry, and fish; avoid having too much salt or sugar
• Maintain a healthy weight
• Exercise at least 150 minutes per week
• Keep your blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar at a healthy level
• Don’t smoke or use any tobacco products
• Follow your doctor’s recommendations
Can heart disease be treated?
Yes. Talk to your provider about how to safely reduce the risk of heart disease. You can also talk about setting goals for a healthier heart. Your provider may also prescribe medication.
What are symptoms of a heart attack?

A heart attack occurs when the flow of blood to the heart is severely reduced or blocked. Be aware of the following symptoms:

  • Fatigue
  • Cold sweat
  • Nausea
  • Chest pain
  • Dizziness
  • Shortness of breath
  • Pain in the jaw, neck, arms, shoulder, or back

Call 911 if you or someone you know is having a heart attack.

What can cause Congestive Heart Failure?

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a chronic condition that makes it harder for your heart to pump blood and meet your body's needs. The following factors may increase your risk of CHF:

  • Diabetes
  • High cholesterol levels
  • High blood pressure
  • Poor diet
  • Not getting enough physical activity
  • Smoking and/or using tobacco
  • Being overweight or obese
  • Stress

Talk to your provider to learn more about CHF.

What can cause heart arrhythmia?

A heart arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat. Factors that may cause arrhythmia include:

  • Blood sugar levels that are too low or too high
  • Caffeine, illegal drugs, and certain medications
  • Dehydration
  • Low levels of electrolytes, such as potassium, magnesium, or calcium
  • Physical activity
  • Strong emotional stress or anxiety
  • Vomiting or coughing
  • Smoke
  • Use illegal drugs, such as cocaine or amphetamines
  • Drink alcohol more often and more than is recommended (no more than 2 drinks per day for men and 1 drink per day for women)
  • Take certain antibiotics and over-the-counter allergy and cold medicines

Talk to your provider about how to prevent arrhythmias.

Here are some resources to help you prevent or manage heart disease:

 

Managing Blood Pressure Flyer

American Heart Association

 High Blood Pressure Resources Page (CDC)

Heart Health Articles and Videos (Healthwise)


 

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Provider Access Online - Easy-to-Use, 24/7 Access
12/7/2023 • Posted by Provider Relations

Provider Access Online, Fidelis Care’s secure Provider Portal, gives your office access to many powerful tools. To learn more about the functionality available to you, please read below. Provider can also visit our Provider Access Online Resource page for additional information and instructional videos.

Provider Access Online User Roles

To fully benefit from Provider Access Online, it is important to grant the right access to your staff. The following represents the current available portal role options that can be added or removed from a user account:

  • Account Administrator: Full access & user management role
  • Authorizations Viewer: Access to view & create authorization requests
  • Claims Information Viewer: Access to claims search functions
  • Clinical Information Viewer:  Access to view clinical data
  • Patient Information Viewer: Access to search patient data
  • Patient Roster Viewer: Access to review a patient roster (Primary Care)
  • Remittance Advice Viewer: Access to downloadable remittance advice file

Confirm Patient Eligibility and Benefits

One of the most powerful features on Provider Access Online is the patient search tool.  This feature allows providers and your assigned staff to check a patient's eligibility and benefits quickly and easily.

  • Watch this informational video to learn how to navigate the patient menu, perform search functions, and review patient details:
  • Please remember, a user needs Patient Information Viewer status to access this data after signing in.

To check a patient’s eligibility and benefits:

After signing in, click on Patient in the left navigational menu, and then select how you want to search for your patient. You can use any of the following search functions:

  • Subscriber ID
  • Medicaid ID/CIN
  • Medicare ID
  • Social Security Number
  • Name and Date of Birth

Once you enter the requested information and the As-Of-Date, you will quickly see the Patient Details overview. Click on the patient’s name for full details, including Eligibility, Benefits, Patient Demographics, Primary Care Physician, and Authorizations.

Check Eligibility: Confirm the patient’s eligibility by product in the Eligibility section, including his/her effective date of coverage.

Check Benefits: The Benefits section provides a detailed, searchable list of the different services available to the patient, displaying important information such as covered benefits, network status, copayment, coinsurance, benefit limit, and deductible.

Locate and Review a Claims Status

Once logged in to the secure portal, use the menu on the left to navigate to the “Claims” screen.

  1. Select how you want to search for the claim from the drop-down menu. You can choose:
  • Subscriber ID
  • Claim ID
  • Medicaid ID/CIN
  • Medicare ID
  • Patient Account Number
  • Provider NPI
  1. Type the requested information in the selected field, enter the date range for the claims that you want to check, and click on Search.
  2. All claims for the date range that you selected will be listed, and the statuses of the claims are listed on the right.
  3. Click on an individual Claim ID for more information, including the Claim Summary, Payment Details, and Claim Line Items.
  4. Click on a Claim Line Item, and you will get full details on the item, including any reasons for disallowed claims.

Providers can also watch this informational video to learn how to navigate the claims menu, perform search functions, and review claim details.

Authorization Resources

With Provider Access Online, you can submit authorization requests to Fidelis Care or check the status of existing Fidelis Care requests.

  • Provider can watch this informational video or reference the User Guide with step-by-step directions on how to request online authorizations and how to check authorizations status.

If you have any questions regarding the Provider Portal, please contact your Fidelis Care Provider Relations Specialist.  To find your designated representative, please visit Contact Your Designated Provider Relations Specialist.