Medscape September 30, 2025
A simple change in how primary care visits are structured could help more older patients receive annual preventive care check-ups, new research suggested.
Monthly rates of annual wellness visits for Medicare patients increased sixfold when a health system folded them into problem-based office appointments, according to findings published recently in the Annals of Family Medicine.
“Primary care is straining to cover the needs of the [aging] population, so finding efficient and effective ways to complete this task benefits both patient and provider,” said Courtney D. Wellman, MD, lead author of the study and family medicine physician and assistant professor at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia.
The Medicare annual wellness visit was introduced...
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