Cardiac rehabilitation

Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance)

covers these programs if you’ve had at least one of these conditions:

A heart attack in the last 12 months
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Current stable angina (chest pain)
A heart valve repair or replacement
A coronary angioplasty (a medical procedure used to open a blocked artery) or coronary stent (a procedure used to keep an artery open)
A heart or heart-lung transplant
Stable chronic heart failure

Part B also covers intensive cardiac rehabilitation programs that are usually more rigorous or more intense than regular cardiac rehabilitation programs. Medicare covers services in a doctor's office or

hospital outpatient setting

(including a critical access hospital).

Your costs in Original Medicare

You pay 20% of the

Medicare-Approved Amount

if you get the services in a doctor's office. In a hospital outpatient setting, you pay the hospital a

copayment

. The Part B

deductible [glossary]

applies.

What it is

These comprehensive programs include exercise, education, and counseling.