AACVPR News & Views - March/April 2017 - 10

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Behavioral Aspects of Rehabilitation
Psychosocial Providers: How Do You Find Them?
Kent Eichenauer, PsyD, FAACVPR

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e are called
to create
even greater
improvements in
our successful
cardiac and pulmonary rehab
programs with the CMS pilot
project and R2R. Many programs
are evaluating the important
psychosocial component
for improved adherence and
outcomes. The enhanced study is
the latest trial to support the longterm efficacy of integrated and
substantial stress management
training in cardiac rehab.
The addition of a substantial
stress management component to
cardiac rehab resulted in far fewer
clinical events in the three-year
follow-up as follows:
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Control Group - 47 percent
Comprehensive Cardiac
Rehab - 33 percent

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Comprehensive Cardiac
Rehab plus Stress
Management - 18 percent

The addition of stress management
improves outcomes by 45
percent compared to traditional
comprehensive cardiac rehab.
We all know these are the kind of
numbers that make our payers
happy, but, most importantly,
allow us to feel confident we are
providing the most effective care
for our patients that we can.

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If you are in a hospital setting,
depending on the hospital size,
you may find a psychologist
employed by the hospital, or
there may be mental health facility
affiliated with your hospital.

So, where are these psychosocial
providers that provide this care?
How do I find them, and how can I
afford this service?

There are likely psychosocial
providers in private practice in your
area. Some tools to prioritize your
list of community providers include:

First, the psychosocial providers
are often closer than you think.
Though, this might require a
bit of silo-hopping for both the
rehab administrator and the
psychosocial provider. If your

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It is now encouraged to address
our patients' broader concerns
within the rehab program.

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program is within a university, there
is likely a department of psychiatry
or psychology that may house
psychosocial providers of different
disciplines, which might include
psychologists, clinical counselors
and social workers.

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Ask your patients who they
currently see (or have seen)
and how beneficial their
provider was for them.
Our primary care physicians
are the typical gatekeeper
for referrals to psychosocial
providers. Ask your own
physician and other community
physicians to whom they
usually refer patients.
Search online for your state's
associations for psychologists,
counselor and social workers.
There is usually a "Find a
Provider" tool located on
association websites.



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