Fewer than 1/3 of eligible patients participate in cardiac rehabilitation programs
Fewer than a third of eligible patients participate in cardiac rehabilitation programs, Kaiser Health News and NPR report. Several factors contribute to the low percentage, including high costs, inconvenient locations and busy schedules.
The report notes that Medicare and insurers typically cover the programs for patients who have an MI, undergo CABG, are diagnosed with heart failure or receive a stent.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.