Expand Your Program

External Counterpulsation Therapy has many distinct advantages when you choose to add multiple devices to your program. Unlike many other investments (cardiology in particular), the benefits grow exponentially. This section of ExternalCounterpulsation.com discusses many of these benefits.

1		Provide Treatment to those who Need it! One of the biggest limitations with 1 ECP device (with the current 35 day protocol) is that you are limited to treating only 40 patients or so each year.. When you add a 2nd or 3rd ECP device, you can now enable access to many patients on the waiting list that need the treatment rather than making them wait until you can fit them into the patient rotation.
2		Increase Flexibility with Practice Logistics Increasing the number of ECP units in your ECP program = greater flexibility with your program! Those that have only one device know that sometimes the logistics can be challenging with scheduling conflicts, repeat treatments, seasonal patients or those on the waiting list.
3		Accomodate Treatments 2 times each Day Greater flexibility for accommodating patients that are seasonal or do not have the luxury of a 35 day treatment session. Medicare pays for treatments 2 hours each (in most regions) Greater flexibility enables facilities to treat on a 3 day each week regimen which is common in facilities with multiple locations.
4		No increase in staff costs There is no need to hire an additional therapist as one technical can run multiple units simultaneously. This keeps your costs down without sacrificing an quality in the patient experience or in their outcomes.
5		Exponential Return on your Investment More profit with each patient as your fixed costs only increase a fraction due to the fact that your costs for room and staff are fixed. Plus, when you purchase multiple units, you are likely to save a bit on the purchase price on multiple units.