Set the Standard with AACVPR Program Certification
AACVPR certified programs are recognized as leaders in the field of cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation. As the only peer-review accreditation process for cardiovascular and pulmonary rehabilitation programs, AACVPR Certification is designed to review individual programs for adherence to standards and guidelines developed and published by AACVPR and other professional societies.
Certification is valid for three years and tells referring physicians, patients, colleagues, and your community that your program follows best practices in
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Attention All Clinical Exercise Physiologists
Advancing the profession
Another piece to advancing and promoting the profession of clinical exercise physiologists has been put into place! CEPA has been contacted several times by members with requests to assist them in working with the federal government to establish National Provider Identifier (NPI) eligibility. In response to these requests, the legislative committee of CEPA has worked hard to research this and make it happen. See below to learn more about this important step and how it can impact the clinical exercise physiology profession.
What is an NPI and why is it important?
A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for
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Call to Action - Support HR 6376
A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that will correct a misguided interpretation of the cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation Medicare provisions enacted by Congress in July, 2008 and effective January 1, 2010.
Write to your Congressman/Congresswoman today and urge him/her to sign on as a co-sponsor to HR 6376. Click here to take action!
Oregon Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program Directory
Click here to get a pdf document with a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program directory for Oregon and S.W. Washington
Online Master's in Clinical Exercise Physiology Survey
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse currently offers a Master’s of Science in Clinical Exercise Physiology in a traditional, face-to-face format, and wants to understand student interest for a hybrid option. This hybrid option would offer the majority of courses online, with a few face-to-face sessions and/or residencies. It wants to ensure that it’s offering educational programs in the delivery formats that meet your preferences and needs. To help the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse understand how they can better serve potential individuals like you, it seeks your feedback.
Your participation would be appreciated in a brief 10-minute survey located at the link below. Your responses will be kept confidential and only reviewed in aggregate. This survey is being conducted by Eduventures, Inc., an education research firm. Any questions can be directed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Thank you in advance for your time and insight!
Cardiac rehabilitation: What works, what doesn't, and why
London, UK - Participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program after a cardiac event yields well-established benefits in reducing cardiac and noncardiac mortality as well as reducing morbidity and cardiac risk factors [1,2]. But uptake of this service is notoriously low. Some countries are slowly managing to remove barriers to rehabilitation programs, but experts say the profound impact of rehab services will be felt only if physicians themselves start thinking beyond drugs and procedures and take a more active role in promoting these programs and changing attitudes.
Cardiac rehabilitation is a structured program to help patients make changes in lifestyle and learn about the appropriate use of medication after a cardiac event. Patients are normally asked to attend 36 sessions over a three-month period, where they partake in supervised exercise sessions and undergo nutritional counseling and receive advice on lipids, diabetes, blood pressure, smoking cessation, and psychological support.
Attendance rates at such programs vary enormously between and within countries but are generally below half of eligible patients.
Slow improvement in UK
The most recent figures for the UK [3], where there is a national audit of cardiac rehabilitation, show that for the year 2008-2009, 41% of eligible patients in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales took part in cardiac rehabilitation. This was an improvement in the 38% figure for the previous year, and there were also significant reductions in waiting times. The figures show that while 76% of bypass patients attended a cardiac-rehabilitation program in 2008-2009, numbers following MI and angioplasty were much lower, at 40% and 28% respectively.
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