Ask The Doctors: November 2013

I believe Medicare will cover up to 36 weeks of cardiac rehabilitation, and longer if necessary. But how do you know how long a cardiac rehab program youll need?Cardiac rehabilitation (or rehab, for short) is an exercise-training program that seeks to improve patients physical condition after they have undergone heart surgery, experienced a heart attack, or have been suffering from chronic angina. For heart surgery, phase I cardiac rehab starts in the hospital. Its intention…