Program Certification

AACVPR Program Certification Performance Measures

Performance measure data is now required for future annual reports. Learn more here.

Pre-Submission Data Quality Checks and Data Quality Auditing

Performance Measures: Educational Information for Program Certification Purposes
This document from the Quality of Care Committee provides some aggregate data on performance measure data for certified programs, as well as some data quality checks you should make sure to complete before submitting your data.

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Quality of Care Committee Webinar
This segment from the November 2021 Quality of Care webinar includes more information regarding current performance measure data that has been submitted during the program certification process, and ways programs can improve the quality of their data.

Current Performance Measure Specifications and Resources

CARDIAC

Optimal Blood Pressure Control at Completion of CR
- Performance measure specifications
- Algorithm
- FAQs and Data Definitions
- Overview Video
  - PLEASE NOTE: Since the release of this webinar, the Performance Measure has been adjusted to set the threshold for blood pressure to 130/80 to align with the 2017 AHA/ACC Guidelines. To qualify as having met this performance measures, patients must have a blood pressure below 130/80 to count towards the numerator.
Improvement in Depression at Completion of CR
Improvement in Functional Capacity of at Completion of CR
Tobacco Use Intervention for CR

PULMONARY

Improvement in Dyspnea at Completion of PR
Improvement in Functional Capacity at Completion of PR
Improvement in Health-related Quality of Life at Completion of PR

New Performance Measures for 2023 Program Certification

Enrollment in Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Measure Specifications and Data Definitions
- Algorithm
Enrollment in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Measure Specifications and Data Definitions
- Algorithm
Adherence to Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Measure Specifications and Data Definitions
- Algorithm
Adherence to Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Measure Specifications and Data Definitions
- Algorithm
Frequently Asked Questions about the Enrollment and Adherence Performance Measures for AACVPR Program Certification

For an overview of the new Performance Measures, please view the Performance Measure presentation from the AACVPR Annual Meeting as presented by the Quality of Care Committee below: