Updated Medicare Annual Wellness Visit exam forms and templates are now available. New additions include a complete Annual Wellness Visit record that every patient can take home: a personal folder with tabs for the Medicare Screening Template (My Wellness Schedule), “My Medications”, My Immunizations”, “My Health Care Team”, and more. View the entire Annual Wellness… Read More »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a draft road map on February 22 that lays out the national strategy to address the rapidly rising rates of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. There are over 5.4 Million people in the US living with dementia today, and this is expected to… Read More »
Medicare has added a Health Risk Assessment to the recently introduced Annual Wellness Visit (AWV), which is a yearly preventive health benefit for Medicare beneficiaries. It is interesting to watch the evolution of this annual visit, which Medicare describes as “a personalized plan to prevent disease, improve your health, and help you stay well.” The… Read More »