Did you know that Medicare pays for an annual wellness visit to help you
reduce health risks? The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) is a chance
to develop or update a personalized prevention plan (PPP) to help prevent
disease and disability. It is a yearly “hands-off, clothes-on”
assessment of your health.
Call
303-415-4015 to schedule your Annual Wellness Visit today.
What is covered in a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit?
A review of the patient’s medical and family history
Develop or update list of current providers and prescriptions
Check height, weight, blood pressure, and other routine measurements
Detection of any cognitive impairment
Personalized health advice
A list of risk factors and treatment options
A screening schedule (like a checklist) for appropriate preventive services
Routine physical exams are not covered by Medicare
Why you should have a Medicare Wellness Visit each year
You might think, or hear others ask, why go in for a wellness exam? The
doctor doesn’t do anything. While a
wellness visit is not a physical exam, your doctor performs a number of important assessments when you go in
for this annual benefit. The AWV provides an opportunity to assess your
current health and identify your health goals for the coming year. While
not a head-to-toe physical exam, the results can help your doctor create
a personalized health plan to address any current concerns and identify
ways of preventing problems in the future.
Some of the benefits of completing the annual wellness visit:
Early detection helps prevent problems later
Health risks identified can mean health problems averted
Shared information helps your care team serve your needs
Screenings to help detect depression, risks for falling and other problems
Recommendations for other wellness services and healthy lifestyle changes
Discussion of Medicare-covered services that allow our care team to more
closely monitor your health conditions and update your plan of care before
office visits
It's important to note that these wellness visits
do not include any clinical laboratory tests, however, the provider may separately order
such tests during one of these visits. All laboratory tests are subject
to Medicare’s applicable coverage guidelines and frequency limits.
Deductible and coinsurance may be applied.
The wellness visits also
do not include other routine preventive services that Medicare covers (i.e., Pelvic/Breast
exam, Pap smear, Influenza and pneumonia vaccines, smoking cessation counseling,
etc.). These services can be provided alongside one of the wellness visits
and billed separately to Medicare. These services are subject to their
own Medicare coverage guidelines and frequency limits. Deductible and
coinsurance may be applied.
An additional office visit (E&M) service can be provided alongside
one of the wellness visits and billed separately to Medicare if it is
significant, separate and medically necessary to treat a new or established
health problem, and is a way to provide multiple services to you within
one visit. This service is subject to its own Medicare coverage guidelines
and limitation. Deductible and coinsurance will be applied.
Contact us today
Call
303-415-4015 to schedule your free Annual Wellness Visit.
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