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Tracking Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation and Completion Among Medicare Beneficiaries to Inform the Efforts of a National Initiative

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By Matthew Ritchey, Sha Maresh, Jessica McNeely, Thomas Shaffer
| AHA/ASA Journals
WHAT IS KNOWN? Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary, evidence-based intervention shown to improve health outcomes and quality of life when used among patients who have had a qualifying heart disease event or procedure. Historically, participation in cardiac rehabilitation among eligible patients and completion of 36 or more sessions among those who initiate it has been low, with considerable disparities observed by geography and patient characteristics. WHAT THE STUDY ADDS?
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Practice‐Level Variation in Outpatient Cardiac Care and Association With Outcomes

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By Rahul Rajkumar, Nihar R. Desai, Patrick Conway, Jeffrey D. Clough, Matthew T. Crim, Lesli S. Ott, Sha Maresh, Daver C. Kahvecioglu
| jaha.ahajournals.org
Background Utilization of cardiac services varies across regions and hospitals, yet little is known regarding variation in the intensity of outpatient cardiac care across cardiology physician practices or the association with clinical endpoints, an area of potential importance to promote efficient care. Methods and Results We included 7 160 732 Medicare beneficiaries who received services from 5635 cardiology practices in 2012.
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