Thank you to all that attended the 34th Annual ISCHR Educational Conference. It was great to see everyone. This year's conference was a great one. Excellent knowledgeable speakers, awesome supportive vendors, and smart motivated students. We hope that next year's is even better. Fun was had by all. To our friends from Michigan and Indiana, we hope you had a great time. Thank you for visiting.
Congratulations to Dr. Cemal Ozemek on being awarded this year's Anne Gavic Award. Thank you Betsy for your time as President. You accomplished quite a bit to help grow this organization. Congratulations Christine on an awesome conference, even with all of the "pivoting" we had to do. Also, welcome to your new position as President. Congratulations Tanya as being appointed President-Elect. We can't wait to see what you have planned for the next year.
The 2025-2026 Board of Directors has been updated under the 'About Us' tab. If you have any interest in getting more involved in the ISCHR, please let us know. Committee descriptions can be found under the 'Get Involved' tab.
Finally, thank you to the Conference Planning Committee for all of your hard work in planning and organizing this year's conference. Your work doesn't go unnoticed.
Here's to another great year!!
THANK YOU,
YOUR 2024-2025 ISCHR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ISCHR Members,
This letter serves as your Call to Action for our first IL State Signing Week in support of current legislation proposed for the advocacy of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab patients and programs across the country.
We need you, your patients, their support system (families/friends/loved ones), your peers, multidisciplinary team members, Medical Directors, and your Health System Administration to make some noise and engage in AACVPRs Take Action campaign.
As a reminder:
HR 955/S. 1849, SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act supports equitable Medicare reimbursement for outpatient cardiopulmonary rehab services whether on campus or off campus. Current regulations cause a significant reduction in reimbursement for off campus services.
HR 1406/S. 3021: Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act will allow Cardiopulmonary Rehab services to be delivered via real time audio/visual communication from a patient’s home. This hybrid model for delivery would provide additional access to patients who may not be able to come to a center frequently for services.
Information on these bills can be found on the ISCHR website (www.ischr.org) on the News and Events/Advocacy page and the AACVPR website (www.aacvpr.org) Advocate/Take Action page with links to the letters of support. Simply share these with everyone you know and ask that they take a moment to click send!
The letters provided on the above webpages are virtual letters that will send automatically to your legislators. A form letter will be provided soon that could be emailed from your individual email if you choose to do so.
Look for social media blasts leading up to and during the week of this event. And reach out to ISCHR Board of Directors if you have any questions!