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A one-day workshop providing
leading-edge strategies for delivering best practice
cardiac rehabilitation patient care. The program focuses
on the key issues facing cardiac rehab today, including:
exercise prescriptions that are safe and effective;
heart healthy lifestyle techniques to improve patient
compliance;
weight management strategies; Information on
the Medicare Reimbursement changes and how to
utilize them to grow your program; evidence-based
research to promote your cardiac rehab program’s
success. This workshop shares key tactics
in the areas of risk factor modification and disease
management that position programs for future success. A
special emphasis is placed on weight management
strategies for cardiac rehab patients. This program will
share best practice research to help cardiac rehab
programs not only survive but thrive today and into
tomorrow.
Highlighting
- Optimizing CMS Policy Changes Including Expanded Diagnosis for CR (and other policy updates)
- Best practice guidelines in cardiac rehab
- Cardiac rehab and disease management
- The science – and art - of helping patients change
- The latest on cardiac rehab reimbursement legislation
- The business of cardiac rehab without needing an MBA
Purpose and Concept:
A one-day workshop providing
leading-edge strategies for delivering best practice
cardiac rehabilitation patient care. The program focuses
on the key issues facing cardiac rehab today including
exercise prescriptions that are safe and effective, how
to help patients implement a heart healthy lifestyle and
strategies to optimize Medicare reimbursement
changes and grow your program. This workshop shares key
tactics in the areas of risk factor modification and
disease management that position programs for future
success. A special emphasis is placed on weight
management strategies. Evidence based research will be
discussed to help cardiac rehab programs not only
survive but thrive today and build for tomorrow.
Who Should Be Interested:
This exciting workshop in intended for any
professional involved with cardiac patients,
challenging both the skilled and novice
clinician alike. Specifically, it will benefit:
- Nurses
- Physical and Occupational Therapists
- Exercise Physiologists
- Cardiac Rehab Staff
- Coronary Care Staff
- Dietitians
- Managers, Directors and Educators
Behavioral Objectives:
At the conclusion of the workshop the successful participant will be able to:
- Describe the elements of best practice cardiac rehab
- Explain the latest information on reimbursement changes and expanded diagnosis in cardiac rehab.
- Describe the role of physical activity including aerobic exercise, muscle conditioning and flexibility training for cardiac patients.
- Identify the latest information on the risk factors for heart disease.
- Identify health literacy issues in written and verbal communication.
- Define disease management and the role of cardiac rehab.
- Explain health behavior change strategies and how to integrate them into daily cardiac rehab practice.
Workshop Curriculum:
1. Best Practice Cardiac Rehab
- The Cardiac Rehab Triad.
- Using pedometers to increase
physical activity in cardiac rehab
patients.
- If exercise is medicine, how do you
get the pill bottle open?.
- Exercise responsibility and
response/ability.
- Guidelines for muscle conditioning
and flexibility training.
2. Risk Factors for Heart Disease and
What to do About Them
- The old, new and evolving risk
factors.
- The typical cardiac rehab patient -
“Risk Factor” Man.
- The special role of weight
management in cardiac rehab.
- Health literacy and cardiac rehab
education material.
- The “edu-tainment” value of cardiac
rehab handouts.
3. Disease Management and Behavior
Change in Cardiac Rehab
- The six elements of a disease
management program.
- Health behavior change – beyond
telling a patient what to do.
- The science - and art - of helping
patients change.
- The non-compliant patient, your
problem or his?
- The importance/confidence matrix.
- Real world examples of successful
behavior change in cardiac rehab.
4. The Business of Cardiac Rehab
without needing an MBA
- Medicare coverage policy 35-25 and
20-10, expanded diagnosis for cardiac
rehab and the status of other CMS policy
changes.
- The good, the bad and the ugly of
cardiac rehab reimbursement.
- What you are actually paid in
cardiac rehab.
- Payer mix – what it means to your
program.
- Physician involvement and physician
supervision guidance.
- 9½ ideas for improving your cardiac
rehab program.
Presenter:
Bill Priest BA, 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 a 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 College of Sports Medicine. Bill has
written articles for numerous fitness publications and has
appeared on the QVC and ValueVision Home Shopping net
networks as a health and fitness expert.
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