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A SKILLS UPGRADE
A Comprehensive One Day Workshop
A new one-day seminar arming cardiac rehab professionals
with the information and knowledge to not only survive
but thrive. Cutting edge information on the practice of
cardiac rehab, new risk factors, patient education
strategies that actually work, business survival
strategies and marketing – growing – your program.
Highlighting
- Positioning Cardiac Rehab as a disease prevention destination
- The old, the new and the evolving cardiac risk factors
- Exercise is medicine – here’s why.
- How Medicare and the OIG audits impact your practice
- The business side of Cardiac Rehab without needing an MBA
- Innovations in Cardiac Rehab – and how they can work for your clinic
Purpose and Concept:
This one day workshop addresses the
changing practice and business aspects of Cardiac
Rehab. As clinicians, we can no longer rely on good
customer service alone for program survival. Health-care's
increasing financial burden and Medicare's declining
reimbursement have forever changed the environment in
which we now practice.The special needs of our client base are in constant flux
due to the dramatic changes in our patient populations
expanding age demographics. The growth of younger patients
demands longer lifestyle management and older patients
require greater assistance with the recovery process.
This workshop will share current best practice research
reinforcing a health care practitioners survival in an
ever changing Cardiac Rehab environment.
Who Should Be Interested:
This workshop will benefit anyone involved
with cardiac patients. It is designed to challenge
the clinician to expand their existing practice
simultaneously with creativity and business savvy.
Immediate benefit will occur for:
- Cardiac Rehab Instructors and Coordinators
- Exercise Physiologists
- Nurses
- Respiratory Therapists
- Registered Dietitians
- Physical Therapists
- Coronary Care Staff & Managers
- Occupational Therapists
- In-service Directors
Behavioral Objectives:
At the conclusion of this workshop the successful participant
will be able to:
- Identify the latest research regarding CAD risk factors.
- Implement behavior change into clinical practice.
- Increase and enhance program productivity and reimbursement.
- Understand factors to position their program for future success.
Workshop Curriculum:
PART 1. THE PRACTICE OF CARDIAC REHAB
- The Cardiac Rehab Triad
- The new – and not new
–cardiovascular risk factors
- Emerging trends in risk factor
identification
- Core competencies
PART 2. CARDIAC REHAB AS SECONDARY
PREVENTION
- Helping patients change
- Can a patient be non-compliant?
- Redefining successful
- Case/care management
PART 3. THE BUSINESS OF CARDIAC REHAB
- Staffing and employee engagement
- Productivity – the bottom line
- Compliance with Medicare OIG audits
- Reimbursement
- Program marketing
PART 4. THE FUTURE OF CARDIAC REHAB
- Positioning yourself for success
- Positioning your program for success
- Examples of innovation in Cardiac
Rehab
Presenters:
Bill Priest BS, MS holds a Masters Degree in
Exercise Physiology and an undergraduate degree in Business
Management and Corporate Wellness. He has over 15 years of
experience in the health, fitness and rehabilitation industry.
Bill is currently the Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation for
large Midwestern healthcare system. In this role Bill is
responsible for the clinical and administrative aspects of
cardiac rehabilitation for two community hospitals and a
university healthcare center. He is the past President and
Reimbursement Chairman of the Minnesota Association for
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. He also teaches a
graduate level cardiac rehabilitation course to students at
the University of Minnesota.
Bill has presented at various regional and national meetings
of professional organizations including the American
Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and
the American Collage of Sports Medicine. Bill has written
articles for numerous fitness publications and has appeared on
the QVC and ValueVision Home Shopping networks as a health and
fitness expert.
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