Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation
Recovery support after major heart incidents. Structured rehabilitation with outcomes tracking.
What is Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation?
Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation (ICR) is a comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation program providing recovery support after major heart incidents. This physician-supervised program helps patients recover through structured exercise, education, and risk factor modification.
Key Features
- CMS-certified programs (Standard G0422 and Intensive G0423)
- Session management (up to 72 sessions over 18 weeks)
- Baseline, mid-point, and completion assessments
- Physician supervision tracking (direct and indirect)
- Virtual Cardiac Rehab (VCR) with ITP management
- Medicare compliance validation
Who Qualifies?
ICR is available for patients with qualifying diagnoses including:
- •Acute myocardial infarction (MI)
- •Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
- •Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) or stenting
- •Heart valve repair or replacement
- •Heart or heart-lung transplant
Program Structure
- Duration: Maximum 18 weeks from program start
- Sessions: Up to 72 sessions per patient (lifetime)
- Frequency: Maximum 6 sessions per day
- Session Length: Minimum 60 minutes per session
- Assessments: Required at baseline, mid-point, and completion