Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) allow an opportunity to focus on development of a disease prevention plan tailored to the member’s health and risk factors. Yet, nationally, AWVs are conducted for only a quarter of the eligible population.
What is a busy practice to do to increase the proportion of Medicare enrollees who receive AWVs? A compelling study Outcomes of A Virtual Practice-Tailored Medicare by Dr. Derjung Tunn from the UCLA Department of Family Medicine and colleagues have found great promise using a virtual practice-tailored approach. In a recent Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, they share tools and interventions that were key to increasing their AWV performance. The tools and ideas for tailoring cover EHR-based tools, practice-based tools, and feedback reports among other areas.
In other news related to AWVs, earlier this year CMS updated its Medicare Learning Network guide to Medicare wellness visits Medicare Wellness Visits as another helpful tool to better understanding AWV requirements and gaining greater use of the AWV as a prevention and health improvement opportunity for patient care.
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