Looking for a Movn Health Alternative? How Carda Health Compares
Key Takeaways
Movn Health and Carda Health both deliver virtual cardiac rehab that Medicare and many health plans cover, and both give patients one-to-one support. The difference is what happens around that support. Carda is the exclusive virtual provider of Ornish Lifestyle Medicine, one of only three Medicare-approved intensive cardiac rehab programs. Carda covers pulmonary as well as cardiac rehab. And Carda's exercise sessions are supervised live, one-to-one, by a clinical exercise physiologist watching heart rate and blood pressure in real time.
Movn pairs patients with a dedicated care manager for weekly one-on-one visits, adds group education and exercise sessions, and has served cardiac rehab patients since 2015. As of November 14, 2026, its website does not describe an intensive cardiac rehab or pulmonary rehab program. If your patients need either, or need a clinician watching while they exercise, Carda is the fit.
If you are comparing virtual cardiac rehab partners, you are past the question of whether remote delivery works and into the harder one of which provider fits your population, contracting model, and clinical standards. This page compares Carda Health with Movn Health on publicly documented differences. Everything stated about Movn comes from Movn's own website, checked on November 14, 2026, or from its health plan partners' announcements.
What Movn Health Offers
Movn Health, previously known as Moving Analytics, has offered at-home cardiac rehab since 2015, the year Stanford University granted it an exclusive license to commercialize MULTIFIT, a care management system developed at Stanford, according to Movn's science page. It serves patients after a heart attack, stent, bypass, valve replacement or heart failure over a 12-week program, with a care kit that includes a blood pressure cuff, resistance bands and guides.
On its provider page, Movn says patients attend a mix of group and individual sessions with its care team, covering home exercise, nutrition, mental wellbeing and medication adherence, and that its medical director reviews each treatment plan every 30 days. Its patient pages describe weekly one-on-one visits with a dedicated care manager, plus group education and exercise sessions, with vitals and symptoms tracked through the Movn app. Movn says it accepts Medicare, Medicaid and leading health plans in New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois and California, usually at $0 cost to the patient. It reports HITRUST certification and a SOC 2 Type 2 report, published work with the Department of Veterans Affairs, and a partnership with MedAxiom, an American College of Cardiology company.
Publicly announced partners include Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Highmark, CDPHP, MVP Health Care, Tufts Health Plan and University of Rochester Medicine.
That is a credible offering built around coaching and accountability. Buyers who look further usually need something it does not describe: intensive cardiac rehab, a pulmonary population, or a clinician supervising each exercise session in real time.
Why Systems Look for an Alternative
The reasons usually cluster into four, and Carda was built around the first three:
- A need for intensive cardiac rehabilitation as well as standard cardiac rehab.
- A pulmonary population to serve alongside the cardiac one, ideally under a single contract.
- A preference for a specific clinical model, particularly live exercise sessions supervised by a clinician who is watching vitals as the patient exercises.
- Coverage or contracting fit for a particular plan population or geography.
Carda Health and Movn Health, Side by Side
The table below compares only what each company publicly states about itself. Movn details were checked against movnhealth.com on November 14, 2026.
| Carda Health | Movn Health | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 | Cardiac rehab since 2015 (Stanford license), per Movn |
| Clinical model | Live one-to-one exercise sessions supervised by a clinical exercise physiologist | Weekly one-on-one care manager visits, plus group education and exercise sessions, per Movn |
| Monitoring | Real-time vitals during sessions | Vitals and symptoms tracked through the Movn app, per Movn |
| Program breadth | Cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation | Cardiac rehab and cardiovascular care, per Movn |
| Intensive cardiac rehab | Yes, exclusive virtual provider of Ornish Lifestyle Medicine | Not described on Movn's website (checked Nov 14, 2026) |
| Care team | Physicians, nurse practitioners, clinical exercise physiologists | Care manager and care team; medical director reviews plans every 30 days, per Movn |
| Coverage | Medicare and contracted health plans; qualifying Humana members pay no additional cost | Medicare, Medicaid and health plans in NY, PA, FL, IL and CA; usually $0 to the patient, per Movn |
| Reported engagement | Patients attend 89% of prescribed sessions on average (32 of 36): an attendance figure | 80% graduation rate at 90 days, per Movn: a different measure, not directly comparable |
Three Differences That Change the Decision
1. Access to Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation
This is the difference with the least ambiguity. Intensive cardiac rehabilitation is a separate Medicare benefit from standard cardiac rehab, permitting up to 72 sessions over 18 weeks rather than 36, and it can only be delivered through a program CMS has approved. Only three ICR programs are approved nationally: Ornish, Pritikin, and Benson-Henry. Carda Health is the exclusive provider of the Ornish program delivered entirely online, the only one of the three whose supporting research rests on regression of coronary atherosclerosis. That evidence comes primarily from the Lifestyle Heart Trial, which randomized 48 patients. As of November 14, 2026, Movn's website does not describe an ICR program.
The consequence is clinical as well as commercial. Under CMS billing guidance, a patient who has started a series of standard cardiac rehab cannot switch into ICR during that series. The reverse move, from ICR to standard rehab, is allowed once, and the patient keeps the sessions remaining in the program, with up to 72 combined sessions possible at the Medicare contractor's discretion. So if ICR is right for a patient, the option has to exist at referral, which means your partner has to offer it. With Carda, it does. Our guide to Medicare coverage for cardiac rehab explains how the two benefits differ.
2. Cardiac and Pulmonary Under One Program
Carda delivers both virtual cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation. As of November 14, 2026, Movn's website describes cardiac rehab and cardiovascular care; its research page lists studies of in-home cardiopulmonary rehab, but it does not describe a pulmonary rehab program. For a health system or plan, that means two eligible populations, one partner and one referral pathway with Carda.
Pulmonary rehab is separately covered by Medicare for moderate to very severe COPD and for certain patients with persistent respiratory symptoms after COVID-19, and the referral bases overlap heavily with cardiac. Our guide to cardiopulmonary rehabilitation covers why the two are often managed together.
3. The Clinical Model, and What It Means for Completion
Both programs give patients one-to-one attention, but at different moments. Movn's care manager meets each patient one-on-one every week, and exercise happens in group sessions or on the patient's own, tracked through the app. Carda's exercise sessions themselves are live and one-to-one, supervised by a clinical exercise physiologist with heart rate and blood pressure streaming in real time, so the clinician can adjust intensity or stop a session as it happens. For deconditioned patients after bypass surgery, or patients with reduced ejection fraction, that real-time supervision is the difference worth weighting most.
Session attendance is where cardiac rehab succeeds or fails. The clinical benefit of rehab is dose-dependent, and nationally only 26.9% of Medicare participants complete at least 36 sessions.
Movn reports an 80% graduation rate at 90 days and a 60% enrollment rate on its science page, and an 80% completion rate on its provider and payer pages.
Carda patients attend 89% of their prescribed sessions on average, 32 of 36. That is an attendance average, not the share of patients who graduate, so it should not be ranked against Movn's graduation rate or the national figure. What it does show is that the typical Carda patient receives close to the full prescribed dose of rehab.
To check any vendor's numbers, including ours, ask for the denominator, the threshold and the cohort. Our guide to choosing a virtual cardiac rehab vendor sets out the full evaluation framework.
How Much Do Movn Health and Carda Health Cost?
Both companies bill insurance and neither publishes a self-pay price. What a patient pays depends on their coverage, on whether the provider is in network with their plan, and on how sessions are billed.
- Original Medicare. Cardiac rehab is a Part B benefit. In 2026 the patient pays the $283 Part B deductible, then generally 20% of the Medicare-approved amount for each session, which a Medigap plan may cover.
- Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and commercial plans. Cost sharing varies by plan. Movn says it is usually $0 to the patient and accepts Medicare, Medicaid and plans in five states. Carda is covered by Medicare and contracted health plans, and qualifying Humana members can use Carda's virtual cardiac rehab at no additional cost.
- Health systems and plans buying the service. Pricing is contracted and unpublished for both. Ask each for pricing per enrolled patient and per completed patient, so the two can be compared on the same basis.
If You Are a Patient Who Was Offered Movn
If your doctor or health plan has suggested Movn Health, that is a legitimate program. The most important thing, by a wide margin, is that you do cardiac rehab at all, since most eligible people never do. If you are exploring options, ask any program: will my sessions be supervised live by a clinician, will my heart be monitored while I exercise, does the program fit my condition, and what will it cost me?
If you want a clinician watching your heart rate and blood pressure while you exercise, or you also have a lung condition such as COPD, ask whether you qualify for Carda. Coverage depends on your plan and diagnosis. You can read more about how virtual cardiac rehab works, or check your eligibility.
The Bottom Line
Movn Health is an established cardiac rehab provider with a long record and wide health plan reach, and it gives patients a weekly one-on-one with a care manager. Carda gives you more to work with. It is the exclusive virtual provider of Ornish, one of only three Medicare-approved intensive cardiac rehab programs. It runs cardiac and pulmonary rehab under one program. And every exercise session is supervised live by a clinical exercise physiologist. If your patients need any of the three, Carda is the stronger fit, and the decision about ICR has to be made before standard rehab starts.
See how Carda Health partners with health systems
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Movn Health?
Movn Health, previously Moving Analytics, is an at-home cardiac rehab provider that has operated since 2015 under an exclusive Stanford license. Patients work with a dedicated care manager in weekly one-on-one visits, join group education and exercise sessions, and track vitals through the Movn app over a 12-week program.
What are the alternatives to Movn Health?
Carda Health is an alternative for organizations and patients that need intensive cardiac rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation alongside cardiac, or live one-to-one supervision during exercise. Other virtual cardiac rehab options include Aviary Health, formerly Recora, which powers and can staff programs run by health systems, and hospital-run virtual programs.
How does Carda Health compare to Movn Health?
Both deliver virtual cardiac rehab covered by Medicare and many health plans, and both offer one-to-one support. Carda is the exclusive virtual provider of Ornish Lifestyle Medicine, covers cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, and supervises every exercise session live with a clinical exercise physiologist watching real-time vitals. Movn pairs patients with a weekly care manager and group sessions, and focuses on cardiac rehab.
Which virtual providers offer intensive cardiac rehab?
ICR can only be delivered through a CMS-approved program, and only three are approved nationally: Ornish, Pritikin, and Benson-Henry. Carda is the exclusive virtual provider of Ornish. Because a patient who starts a series of standard cardiac rehab cannot switch into ICR during that series, availability matters at the point of referral.
Does Movn Health offer pulmonary rehab?
As of November 14, 2026, Movn's website does not describe a pulmonary rehab program; its research page lists studies of in-home cardiopulmonary rehab. Carda delivers both cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation. If you have a pulmonary population, confirm current offerings directly with any vendor.
Is Movn Health covered by Medicare?
Movn says it accepts Medicare, Medicaid and leading health plans in five states, usually at $0 cost to the patient. Under Original Medicare, cardiac rehab is a Part B benefit, so in 2026 a patient generally pays the $283 deductible and then 20% of the Medicare-approved amount per session. Carda Health is also covered by Medicare, and both programs require a qualifying cardiac diagnosis and a referral.
How much does Movn Health cost?
Movn does not publish a self-pay price and says the program is usually $0 to the patient. Actual cost depends on the patient's plan, whether the provider is in network, and how sessions are billed. Carda is covered by Medicare and contracted plans, and qualifying Humana members pay no additional cost.
References
- Movn Health. Homepage, Providers, Payers and Science pages. movnhealth.com, checked November 14, 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. NCD 20.31, Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs.
- Code of Federal Regulations. 42 CFR 410.49, Cardiac rehabilitation program and intensive cardiac rehabilitation program.
- Code of Federal Regulations. 42 CFR 410.47, Pulmonary rehabilitation program.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Local Coverage Article A53775: Billing and Coding, Frequency and Duration for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation.
- Ritchey MD, Maresh S, McNeely J, et al. Tracking Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation and Completion Among Medicare Beneficiaries to Inform the Efforts of a National Initiative. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2020;13(1):e005902.
- CDPHP. New CDPHP program seeks to prevent future heart attacks, reduce costly hospital readmissions. April 2022.
- Point32Health. Remote Cardiac Rehab with Movn Health for Tufts Health Plan members. January 2025.
- MVP Health Care. Support patients on their heart health journey with Movn Health. 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 2026 Medicare Parts A & B premiums and deductibles. Fact sheet, November 14, 2025.
- Carda Health. Choosing a virtual cardiac rehab vendor (session attendance, 32 of 36).
