Cigna Covered Benefits 3. Reach and maintain a healthy weight 5. Avoid heavy lifting or learn good form to THE THREE MOST COMMON TYPES OF DIABETES: TYPE 1, TYPE 2 AND Staying at a healthy weight lowers your risk of back protect your bac2 GESTATIONAL DIABETES.2 2 pain. It can help reduce the stress and strain on ift things with your legs, not your back. › your back. eep your back straight and bend at your knees TYPE 2 DIABETES › TYPE 1 DIABETES or hips. Develops most often in young people, but it can also If you have type 2 diabetes, your body does not make or Get help if the load is too heavy for you to lift alone. use insulin well. It develops most often in middleaged › develop in adults. With type 1 diabetes, the body’s UNDERSTANDING immune system has attacked and destroyed the cells and older people, but it can also affect people at any . Relieve stress that make insulin, thus decreasing the body’s insulin age – even children. eople who are overweight and FIGHT BACK AGAINST production. have a family history of diabetes are also more likely to Get soe eercise, socialie, go to a ovie or try DIABETES develop type 2 diabetes. BACK PAIN editating to help you relieve tension and shrug off the GESTATIONAL DIABETES stresses of every day. an develop when a woman is pregnant. regnant women make hormones that can lead to insulin resistance. ll women have insulin resistance late in their pregnancy, but some e perience it earlier on. Tips to help prevent back pain. If the pancreas doesn’t make enough insulin during pregnancy, a woman develops gestational diabetes. While gestational diabetes typically goes away after the baby is born, a woman who has had gestational diabetes is more Start with the basics. likely to develop type 2 diabetes later in life. WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS?4 Did you now that . million people in the nited tates have diabetes, and an estimated million people age Some people with diabetes don’t have any signs or symptoms at all, so it’s important to see your doctor and get 1. Eercise relarl € years or older have prediabetes‚ ƒnd, one in four people who have diabetes don’t even now they have it. your blood work. If you do experience symptoms, here are some of the most common. Regular, low-impact exercise increases balance and strength. It also helps That’s why it’s so important to understand what diabetes is, and how to recogni„e the signs. ƒfter all, the more 4. Practice good posture when seated, you now, the more informed decisions you can mae about your health. keep your back and abdominal muscles strong. Always talk to your doctor standing and sleeping2 before starting any exercise program. 2 Good posture can help prevent back pain. What is diabetes? › 1, Your doctor may recommend one or more of the following. Try not to slouch when standing and sitting. The simple definition of diabetes is a disease that happens when you have a high level of glucose (also called › › Strength training: ork in back-strengthening and stretching exercises at INCREASED THIRST INCREASED HUNGER FFREQUENT ATIGUE UNEXPLAINED Sit up straight with your back against the back of Calci is found in dairy blood sugar) in your blood. But to truly understand what diabetes is, it’s helpful to understand how it occurs. › least two days a week. URINATION WEIGHT LOSS your chair and your feet flat on the floor. If possible, products (milk, cheese › Balance exercises: ai chi or yoga can help increase your balance. and yogurt), green leafy keep your knees slightly higher than your hips. HERE’S AN AT-A-GANE EW › Aerobic exercise: ast-walking and swimming are good examples of vegetables such as kale Stand tall with your head up and shoulders back. . uit smoing › low-impact, aerobic actiities that get your heart pumping and keep your and collard greens, tofu, ? If you can, switch between standing and sitting so Soking reduces the blood flow and nutrients to the › heart rate up while youre exercising. ry getting at least 1 minutes of and calcium-fortified Blood glucose is …nsulin, a hormone …f your body doesn’t …f your blood you aren’t in the sae position for too long. lower back. It also slows healing. Talk with your doctor your main source of moderate-intensity aerobic actiity €such as brisk walking‚ a week. You products such as made by the produce enough glucose levels get about ways to €uit. SLOW HEALING PINS AND NEEDLES DRY, ITCHY L OSS OF FEELING BLURRY EYESIGHT can een do 1 minutes at a time. energy. …t comes from orange uice, soy milk SORES FEELING IN YOUR FEET SKIN IN YOUR FEET If you’re a side sleeper, place a pillow between pancreas, helps insulin or the insulin too high, this can › the food you eat. your knees. ƒe sure to warm up to help your muscles transition from cold to warm, and and cereals glucose from food get doesn’t wor the way cause diabetes or help preent in„ury. into your cells to be it should, glucose can prediabetes. If you sleep on your back, place a pillow under › €itain ‚ is made in used for energy. stay in your blood and your knees. your skin through the not reach your cells. . Eat a health iet absorption of sunlight Have quests es aut u aetes s€‚ Yes, what you eat can affect the health of your spine. †o, fill your plate with ou can also get this alk with your doctor, who can make the appropriate plenty of eggies, fruits, whole grains and lean proteins. In particular, important nutrient from recommendations based on your health history. calcium and ˆitamin ‰ can help keep your bones strong and preent foods such as salmon, tuna, eggs, cheese and osteoporosis, which can lead to bone fractures that cause back pain. What is prediabetes? fortified dairy products, †rediabetes is when the amount of glucose in your blood is higher than normal, but Sources: orange uice and cereals Sources: not ‡uite high enough to be considered diabetes. ˆith prediabetes your chances of 1. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. “What is back pain?” https:.nias.nih.ohealthtopicsbackpain last reieed ul€ ‚ƒ1„…. 1. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. “Diabetes.” https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes (accessed November 9, 2016) ‚. †.S. Departent of ‡ealth and ‡uan Serices. “ˆreent ‰ack ˆain.” https:healthfinder.o‡ealth‹opicsŒateor€eer€da€health€liinsafet€preentbackpain last updated 2. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. “What is Diabetes?” https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/what-is-diabetes (November 2106) getting type diabetes are higher. …f caught early enough, you can delay or prevent anuar€ Žƒ‘ ‚ƒ1„…. ‰ 3. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. “Preventing Type 2 Diabetes.” https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/preventing-type-2- the development of diabetes by maing healthy lifestyle changes. Ž. WebMD. “Sleepin Well With ’o ‰ack ˆain.” https:.ebd.cobackpainsleepandbackpain“‚ last reieed Ma€ 1”‘ ‚ƒ1„…. diabetes (November 2016) •. 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Some content provided under license. 903502 02/17 855023 b 10/19 1 | 2 1 | 2 PLAN FOR YOUR SCAN Learn how precertification works for high-tech imaging. Precertification is a review process that determines whether a procedure, treatment or service is medically appropriate. UNDERSTANDING CIGNA BEHAVIORAL High-tech imaging, such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (M) and positron emission HEALTH VIRTUAL COUNSELING. tomography (PT) scans, reuires precertification. or certain plan types, precertification or high-tech imaging will direct you to a specific site o care in your area. e have this process in place to help protect you rom unnecessary We make it easy. cost, unnecessary radiation eposure and surprise €ills. Here’s how it worƒs. Yo an €o r proier ecie €o nee a C‚ ƒR„ or P‚ scan. Yo r heath care proier m st compete the neee information for reiew. Yo r precertification re… est is reiewe sing esta†ishe meica criteria for that proce re. Have questions about accessing virtual counseling through …ow is a good time to go to m€Cigna.com to view in-networƒ solutions and Cigna’s network of providers* or your employee assistance To connect wit a compare pricing to help you find the €est site o care or you. program (EA** tart here hould you have any ita conseo in additional questions feel free to call the number on your Cina s netwok Cigna card anytime Go to myCigna.com and APPRO „ou and your provider are notified NO‚ APPRO „ou and your provider are notified go to Find Care & Cost tab. € ‚hat kind of device can use Search for Virtual Counselor A.Use your smartphone, tablet or computer with camera for virtual under Doctor by Type. If you counseling. need assistance finding a € ‚ill the provider need to see me in person first provider call 800.244.6224. A.You can schedule virtual counseling appointments based on your Call to make an appointment Once approe Compare costs Consier aternaties isc ss or appea provider’s availability. Depending on your reason for treatment, your sche e €o r Cigna may call you to Contact your provider „our provider may provider might require that you been seen face-to-face first. with your selected provider, appointment discuss lower-cost or options speaƒ with Cigna’s € How much will it cost like you would for a face-to- settings medical director face visit. A.Access this care as part of your behavioral health benefits under your employer’s health plan – andor employee assistance program. Your Your provider will give you ‡ho is in charge of precertificationˆ (approved or denied) and the details o the decision. out-of-pocet cost is the same as a behavioral health outpatient office information on how to set up your provider is in-networƒ, he or she will send in or more immediate notification, visit m€Cigna.com. visit. here’s no cost to you for A services, for the same number of virtual counseling according to your precertification reuest.† you decide to use an emem€er, or urgent care center and emergency room covered A sessions.€€ treatments, precertification is not reuired. € oes this include telephone sessions the technology they are using. out-o-networƒ provider, you assume responsi€ility or the precertification process. „our health care provider At Cigna we’re with €o eer€ step of the wa€. A.‚irtual counseling is video-based and does not require a prior authoriƒation For EAP, go to myCigna.com can provide guidance on how to su€mit the reuest. For more information isit m€Cigna.com or ca because it’s seen as a substitute for face-to face therapy. „owever, if phone and use employer ID ‰ow ong oes it takeˆ the n m†er on the †ack of €o r Cigna „ car. sessions are needed, a prior authoriƒation is required. (for initial registration): ‡nce your provider has completed and su€mitted your ee your EA materials or plan documents for a complete IAM paperworƒ, a routine review taƒes a€out five €usiness list of covered behavioral health services days.†† „ou will receive a letter with the decision * In certain cases, your provider will give this information to an ancillary company we work with that helps manage these requests. ** Timing assumes all necessary clinical information has been submitted by the provider. If information is missing, approval may be delayed. This time period may be shortened according to applicable state law. 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