AACVPR News & Views - March/April 2017 - 16

AFFILIATE >> PERSPECTIVES

The Business of Rehabilitation
This is a recurring series in which News & Views asks our state affiliate
society leaders to comment on the theme for the issue.

Meet the Panelists

Whitney Quast, MS, CEP, CCRP
Minnesota Association of
Cardiovascular & Pulmonary
Rehabilitation (MNACVPR)

How does the "business"
of cardiac and pulmonary
rehab specifically impact
your daily practice?
Whitney Quast: We must
be diligent in tracking patient
outcomes with the increasing
emphasis on delivering high-quality
healthcare. Reimbursement will
depend on our outcomes more
and more. It's easy to get caught
up in the day-to-day tasks, but it
can really make a difference when
we step back and analyze the
results of those tasks.
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Jeremy Voorhees, PT, CCRP
New York State Association
for Cardiac & Pulmonary
Rehabilitation (NYSAC&PR)

Jeremy Voorhees: The facility I
work at is an outpatient rehabilitation
facility that offers physical and
occupational expertise and covers
vestibular, hand, orthopedic,
pediatric and aquatic therapy. We
added cardiac and pulmonary
rehabilitation four years ago. Our
business grew quickly and required
additional personnel including a
nurse practitioner, physical therapy
assistant, three physical therapists
and a respiratory therapist. Our
practice is very heavily reliant on
our cardiopulmonary program.

What do you foresee as the
greatest business-related
challenge to your practice
in 2017?
WQ: As part of the CR Incentive
Payment Model, the greatest
business challenge will be getting
patients started in CR as soon as
possible following hospital discharge.
We are also challenged to optimize
their adherence and attendance so
they complete or get as far as they
can through the program within 90
days post-hospital discharge. This
will require staffing and scheduling
alterations, as well as interventions to
improve patient attendance.
JV: Changing payment systems,
increasing overall health care costs,
and increased quality demands all
contribute to challenges we will
face this year. We have already
seen increased deductibles and
co-pays that have greatly dictated
patients' CR and PR participation.
Bundling payments will also be a
challenge as rehab tends to have
a low consideration as it relates
to the continued care of patients.
It's a challenge convincing MDs of
the importance of CR - even with
overwhelming evidence. The slope
of this mountain will get steeper as
it may affect an adjusted payment
to both the hospital and to the
referring clinicians.



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