The Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program at Heinz Rehab provides comprehensive rehabilitation services to patients with pulmonary disease in an outpatient setting.

The interdisciplinary team is composed of respiratory therapists and rehabilitation nurse, exercise physiologist and physician who have advanced training and experience in the treatment of physical dysfunction secondary to pulmonary disease. The team is under the direction of a board certified pulmonologist who reviews the progress of each patient.

About the Program

The Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program is a specifically designed patient focused program that helps the patient manage and minimize the debilitating effects of pulmonary disease.

Patients who actively participate in the program will gain a better understanding of the disease process, techniques to better manage stress and anxiety and knowledge of how nutrition and diet relate to their medical conditions. Patients shall achieve increased strength and endurance to improve their abilities to perform activities through methods taught to conserve energy.

The team develops a treatment plan with the patient. The interdisciplinary team performs an initial patient assessment and identifies goals. Once goals are developed, an individualized treatment program combining exercise, therapy and education is implemented.

ConditionsTreated

• Asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Chronic Bronchitis
• COPD
• Recent Pneumonia
• Pulmonary Hypertension

• Emphysema
• Pulmonary Vascular Disease
• Lung Resection
• Interstitial Fibrosis
• Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Lung Transplant

Specialty Services

Continuum of Care

To provide the best care possible for patients suffering from a pulmonary condition, Allied Services provides a comprehensive, seamless continuum of rehabilitative care. Our outpatient programs are primarily for people living safely at home who have completed or did not require a post-acute inpatient stay, but require additional rehabilitative therapy to alleviate physical limitation or pain.

If a patient suffering from a pulmonary condition or injury requires intensive, around-the-clock nursing and/or therapy services, but cannot tolerate or does not require the intensity of therapy delivered during an inpatient rehab hospital stay, or their insurance does not cover inpatient rehabilitation, they would be an appropriate candidate for a transitional or long-term stay at our skilled nursing facility, which has a specialized short-term stay pulmonary rehabilitation program which accomodates a more extensive range of pulmonary diagnoses. Conversely, if the patient requires 24-hour care and can tolerate the intensity of a stay at one of our rehabilitation hospitals, they would be best suited for a stay at one of our inpatient facilities.

Patient Outcomes

At Allied Services, patient outcome metrics such as average number of visits, pain reduction, reduced function limitation, and likelyhood of recommending Allied Services to others, are among the best in the United States:

• 98% of our outpatient population reported that their overall rating of care received was either good or very good.
• 97% of our outpatient population reported that they would recommend out services to others.
• 93% of our outpatient population reported that they either had no pain or a decrease in their pain during their treatment.

Our rehabilitation facilities regularly outperform other rehabilitation providers nationwide. According to statistics compiled by the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation, Allied Services ranks in the top 4% of 892 rehabilitation centers in the United States.

Referrals & Insurance

Patients need a prescription from their doctor in order to enroll in the pulmonary rehabilitation program at Heinz Rehab. Insurance coverage for this program is provided by most health insurance policies. For specific questions on how to obtain a referral or health insurance coverage, please call (570) 826-3900.