LCD Draft for SET

June 4, 2018

  On May 17th Palmetto released their LCD draft for the SET (supervised exercise therapy) for the PAD population.  The open response period for comments is June 4 through July...

CMS has corrected the policy for SET

May 17, 2018

Good news!  CMS has corrected the policy for SET to include outpatient hospital settings as allowable.  Please review the following attachment.  You can also review updates on the AACVPR website....

Get to Know Your New Board Members

April 10, 2018

Welcome to our new board members!  We appreciate their willingness to serve! Kelly Forrest, Coastal Vice President I am a Registered Nurse of 20+ years.  I have worked in Cardiac...

Minutes from the Discipline Meetings – March 23,2018

April 3, 2018

Exercise Discipline Meeting   2018 NCCRA Exercise Discipline Meeting Minutes If you have any questions please contact our Exercise Discipline chair: Angela Lanier, MS ACSM-CEP Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Iredell...

CMS documents updated 04-2018

April 2, 2018

LCD Cardiac Rehab March 2018 Pulmonary Rehab LCD Jan 2018 SET decision memo

Updated NCCRA bylaws

March 12, 2018

Current-Bylaws-2018

Other Educational Opportunities from our sister organizations

February 16, 2018

If you aren't able to join us in Chapel Hill on March 22-23, 2018 - perhaps you can attend the symposiums around us. South Carolina 2018 Cardio Brochure SCACVPR Virginia ...

Proposed Readoption/Amendment of Certification of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs – NC DHHS

December 18, 2017

Attached is the NC Department of Health and Human Services – Proposed Readoption/Amendment of Certification of Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs -  Rules – 10A NCAC 14F The period of public comment...

CMS finalizes the cancellation of the Episode Payment Models and Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model

November 30, 2017

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the cancellation of the mandatory hip fracture and cardiac bundled payment models that were to be operated by the CMS...

Slides from Recent Regional Meetings

November 2, 2017

The Piedmont and Mountain regional meetings occurred last month and we are pleased to share some of the great content from those meetings. Nutrition for rehab patients - MRay Keeping...

Message from our New Exercise Discipline Chair

October 19, 2017

As the newly appointed Exercise Discipline chair, I encourage you all to attend your regional meetings this month.  It is always beneficial to meet, network and receive up to date...