AJMC September 15, 2021
Nathan Moore, MD, Nicholas Koenig, MD, Karen Shakiba, BS, Jacob Heidbrink, MS, Megan Guinn, MBA, BSN, RN

Through innovations increasing the ease of scheduling and the efficiency of conducting annual wellness visits (AWVs), a large Medicare accountable care organization has been able to increase AWV rates among eligible beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT

Medicare’s annual wellness visit (AWV) was introduced in 2011 as an opportunity for providers to focus on aspects of preventive care for eligible beneficiaries. Despite potential incentives for doing so, adoption of the AWV has been slow, which may be contributing to a relative paucity of data evaluating how conducting AWVs affects patient outcomes and health care spending. In this article, we discuss how a large Medicare accountable care organization implemented several innovations aimed at decreasing barriers to scheduling and increasing the efficiency and convenience of conducting...

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Topics: ACO (Accountable Care), Patient / Consumer, Payment Models, Provider, Value Based
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