Medicare Annual Wellness Visits

Annual Wellness Visits (AWV) provide health risk screening, preventive care and wellness counseling.  Medicare covers these annually to assess health risks and complete preventive care like immunizations, counseling, and cancer screening.

Team-based Wellness Visits
The ABCs of the Annual Wellness Visits
Review of Opioid Use During AWVs

RN-Performed Virtual Medicare Wellness Visit [RNP-MWV] - *JHCP ONLY WORKFLOWS*

RNP-MWV Provider Workflow
RNP-MWV Scheduling Workflow
RNP-MWV Visit Workflow

Do these wellness services help patients?
There is evidence that annual wellness visits in older adults leads to better health outcomes, so we encourage annual health assessments and preventive care in all older adults regardless of insurance.

Preventive Care in non-Medicare Patient
USFHP and most commercial plans also cover annual preventive care visits.  Insured adults >65 with another primary payer require different components of "preventive care" services compared to Medicare patients.  These preventive services are billed using 99397 (established patient) and 99387 (new patient).

Annual Wellness Visits >65 vs. Whole Health Exams

Whole Health Assessments
The Whole Health Assessment (WHA), also known as Whole Health Exam (WHE), was developed to ensure annual management of chronic health problems and preventative care.  The WHA is covered once per calendar year for patients with Medicare Advantage.

Whole Health Assessment Epic Workflow
Post Visit WHA Completion Tips & Tricks
2019 Whole Health Assessment Paper Form

AWV Recorded Webinars
New updates include changes to Medicare Wellness Visits / Annual Wellness Visits workflows and forms.  Click the links below to view our recorded webinars on the topic.

5.10.21 - The New Annual Wellness Visit
5.11.21 - Annual Wellness Updates for Clinical Support Staff

Tips & Tricks: MWV/AWV
Tips & Tricks: Medicare Wellness Visits Questionnaire

Health Risk Assessment (HRA)
An HRA form is available on paper in several languages.  Questions appear in the same order as in the Epic Smartset.  Giving patients the paper HRA while waiting for the provider can save time.  The HRA can also be sent to patients as a MyChart message to increase efficiency further.

English
English Alternate (abnormals in red, not for patient use)

Spanish
Simplified Chinese
Korean
Arabic

Explanation of Benefits (EOB) Letter
English version
Spanish version

Other Links & Publications
Effects of screening for geriatric conditions and advance care planning at the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit
Medicare Learning Network; Wellness Visits

Effects of screening for geriatric conditions and advance care planning at the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit
Medicare Learning Network: Wellness Visits