The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit

Jessica L Colburn; Stephanie Nothelle

doi:10.1016/j.cger.2017.09.001

The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit

Clin Geriatr Med. 2018 Feb;34(1):1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2017.09.001. Epub 2017 Oct 10.

Authors

Jessica L Colburn¹, Stephanie Nothelle²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Suite 2200, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. Electronic address: jcolbur1@jhmi.edu.
² Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5200 Eastern Avenue, 7th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.

PMID: 29129209
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2017.09.001

Abstract

The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit is an annual preventive health benefit, which was created in 2011 as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The visit provides an opportunity for clinicians to review preventive health recommendations and screen for geriatric syndromes. In this article, the authors review the requirements of the Annual Wellness Visit, discuss ways to use the Annual Wellness Visit to improve the care of geriatric patients, and provide suggestions for how to incorporate this benefit into a busy clinic.

Keywords: Aged; Aged 80 and over; Geriatric assessment; Medicare; Preventive health services; Primary health care; Workflow.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aged
Geriatric Assessment*
Humans
Medicare*
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Preventive Health Services / organization & administration*
Primary Health Care* / methods
Primary Health Care* / standards
United States
Workflow