ACC, AHA push for legislation that would expand access to cardiac rehab programs – Cardiovascular Business

Posted: Published on November 15th, 2019

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The Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Act would move last years deadline up five years, allowing APPs to supervise rehabilitation starting in 2019.

These important services help reduce heart disease-related mortality and readmissions following a cardiac event, like a heart attack, heart surgery or a hospital admission for heart failure, the ACC wrote in a statement Nov. 13. The ACC is committed to not only owning this problem but advancing solutions, and allowing advanced practice practitioners to supervise and refer patients to cardiac rehab is one of those solutions.

The AHA also chimed in, with CEO Nancy Brown issuing a statement Nov. 13 and noting that Congress took a major step last year when it included provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act that authorized APPs to supervise rehabilitation care. But, she said, its a long wait until 2024. Patients are facing extensive wait times in receiving referrals for cardiac rehab, and the longer they wait, the less likely they are to enroll.

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