NCCRA Pulmonary Discipline Meeting July 14, 2017 Wake Forest Biotech Place 575 N. Patterson Ave – Room 153 A&B Winston-Salem, NC 27101 Directions to WF Biotech Place and P-8 Parking The meeting will begin at 9 am and will end at 12:30 pm. Parking is available in Lot P-8 at the corner of Seventh St […]
Save the Date for upcoming Regional Meetings
June 30, 2017 by
Coastal Regional Meeting December 5th from 8-1 The location: TBD For more information please contact Candace Langston 910-738-5403 or Langst01@srmc.org Mountain Regional Meeting October 19, 2017 Iredell Memorial Hospital’s Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 739 Hartness Road Statesville, NC Registration will begin at 8am and the meeting will end at 1pm For more information please contact Jennifer Simmons […]
Letter from our NCCRA President
June 26, 2017 by
NCCRA membership, The NCCRA and AACVPR leadership recognize that our profession is in a constant state of change. With advances in clinical practices, changes in regulatory/administrative policies and patient’s increasing individual needs we are challenged, more than ever, to accept our ever changing responsibilities. The NCCRA leadership took on the strategic plan in 2016 with […]
New Clinical Corner posting from Palmetto regarding Cardiac Rehab
June 11, 2017 by
Check out the recent clinical corner released by Palmetto regarding Cardiac Rehab (Phases, Covered services, Components, Progress notes, etc). https://www.palmgba.com/elearn/ClinicalCornerCardiacRehab/story.html
CMS audits
June 8, 2017 by
Has your program been audited by CMS for Cardiac rehab charges? We would love to be able to report to our MAC committee the number of programs that have been impacted? Thank you for participating! If you would rather respond by email you can send it to stacey.greenway@vidanthealth.com
Supervised Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Artery Disease – Final Medicare Coverage Policy
May 30, 2017 by
CMS (The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) has released the final regulation to cover supervised exercise therapy (SET) for beneficiaries with intermittent claudication (IC) for the treatment of symptomatic peripheral artery disease (https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=287). The effective date is the publication date of the rule: May 25, 2017. Coding and payment information has not been released […]
AACVPR R2R Cardiac Rehab Bundles & Incentive Payment Video
May 11, 2017 by
Please see the great resource developed by AACVPR for affiliate organizations to educate our membership about the Cardiac rehab bundles and incentive payments. It is AACVPR and NCCRA’s goal to provide all cardiac rehabilitation professionals with resources and tools to help you prepare for the changes that will inevitably affect your programs.
CMS Audits of Cardiac Rehab
May 10, 2017 by
Please be aware that Cardiac rehab has been chosen by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) for medical review of claims data. A small number of CR programs around the country, including some in NC, have already received letters requesting additional documentation (an “ADR”) on multiple claims for a selected number of CR patients with […]
2018 NCCRA Symposium Save the Date!
April 28, 2017 by
We have our dates set for next year’s symposium. We hope that you mark your calendar for March 22-23rd 2018 and we’ll see you in Chapel Hill!
NCCRA Symposium – Information Regarding CEUs
April 6, 2017 by
Many of you who attended the NCCRA Symposium in March are expecting CEUs from the Friday Center. Unfortunately, due to some technical difficulties, there has been a delay in the process. The roster was submitted and approved on April 3rd. The next step in the process is for those on the roster to receive an […]
