Cardiac rehabilitation
The Crossing Rivers Health cardiac rehabilitation department has qualified clinical exercise physiologists providing expertise in exercise programming for persons with a wide variety of health conditions.
Programs offered include:
Phase II Cardiac Rehab
Phase II cardiac rehab or outpatient cardiac rehabilitation is a physician-referred, professionally monitored exercise program that focuses on managing and modifying risk factors for heart disease in individuals who have had a heart attack, angioplasty or stents, bypass surgery, stable angina, heart valve repair/replacement, heart/lung transplant and congestive heart failure.
How long is the program and what does it consist of?
Telemetry-monitored sessions last approximately 60 minutes and are typically scheduled three days weekly, for up to 36 total sessions or 12 weeks. All exercise programs are created with a focus on each individual’s physical limitations and current level of functioning.
What kind of education would I receive?
Education sessions include diet management, weight management, home exercise safety and progression, stress management, medications, and smoking cessation as well as blood pressure and cholesterol standards.
Does insurance cover this program?
Phase II cardiac rehab is generally covered by most insurance companies (Medicare, Medicaid and other private insurance companies), but patients are encouraged to check with their insurance plan to determine co-pays or other requirements.
Healthy Hearts
Healthy Hearts is a program offered to community members seeking supervised exercise. Healthy Hearts is a maintenance exercise program that includes professionally guided and supervised exercise sessions with various levels of monitoring. This program is for any patient referred by a physician or as a transition to non-telemetry monitored exercise after phase II cardiac rehab.
Is Healthy Hearts right for me?
Healthy Hearts participation may be appropriate if you have or are being treated for heart disease, congestive heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, peripheral artery disease, COPD, overweight or obesity/morbid obesity. However, anyone desiring a professionally supervised exercise program may participate.
Need motivation?
Learn how our clinical exercise physiologist or clinical exercise specialist can help. Consultations, 30 minutes in length, are offered at affordable per-visit cost.
Does insurance cover this program?
No, Healthy Hearts is typically not covered by insurance plans; however, this program is provided at an affordable monthly cost.
Supervised Exercise Program for Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) exercise is designed for people who suffer from leg pain or cramping in the lower extremities due to intermittent claudication (IC) during activity.
This is a physician referred program in which you must have a face-to-face visit with your physician to obtain a referral.
Is a PAD exercise program right for me?
If you suffer from and are limited by intermittent claudication (IC) pain during activity and your physician has diagnosed you with Peripheral Artery Disease, this program can help you.
How long is the program and what does it consist of?
PAD exercise is a series of sessions over 12 weeks lasting 45 - 60 minutes per session, with the recommended number of sessions being 36. After 36 sessions, there is a recommended 8 week PAD step-down program.
Each session involves either walking on a treadmill or our indoor track to allow each person to achieve symptom-limited claudication.
Each session is supervised by our exercise physiologists, who have knowledge in appropriate progression of your program to achieve optimal benefits.
Does insurance cover this program?
Yes, Medicare considers PAD exercise programming a covered benefit with an allowable 36 visits. However, you may be responsible for deductibles and co-payments. Checking with your insurance regarding deductibles and co-payments is recommended.
Prior authorization is required for insurances other than Medicare.
Hear from our patients
Ron's Story
Ron Jones was born and raised in McGregor, Iowa. He married his high school sweetheart, Mary, 49 years ago and proudly served in Vietnam. Ron has experienced a variety of health conditions from type 2 diabetes to peripheral artery disease (PAD) to prostate cancer. Read Ron share his story and how the Cardiac Rehab program at Crossing Rivers Health took his quality of life from 10% to 90%.
Darryl's Story
Darryl suffered a heart attack in April of 2017 and learned that his heart was functioning at only 20%. He attended Cardiac Rehab at Crossing Rivers Health and reached goals he didn't even think were imaginable.
The Crossing Rivers Health Cardiac Rehab Team
Tammy Thompson
Cardiac Rehabilitation Director
Austin Neis
Exercise Specialist
Pat Stovey
Clinical Exercise Physiologist