Medicare Annual Wellness Visits at home

What is included

The Annual Wellness Visit is a planning appointment rather than a head-to-toe physical. It covers a health risk assessment, a review of your medical and family history, a full list of your providers and medications, height, weight and blood pressure, a cognitive screening, a depression screening, a fall risk assessment and a written five to ten year schedule of the screenings you are due for.

Why the home setting matters

Fall risk assessed in a carpeted exam room tells you very little. Assessed in your actual hallway, on your actual stairs, with your actual bathmat, it tells you a great deal. We walk the route you take at 3am and flag the specific hazards.

Cost

There is no copay and no deductible for the Annual Wellness Visit under Original Medicare when the provider accepts assignment, which we do. If we treat a new problem during the same visit, that portion may be billed as a separate office visit, and we tell you before that happens.