Annual Wellness Visits and Community Health’s Focus on Prevention By Bill Ackerman on July 22, 2022 in Community Health News Many people have never heard of the “Medicare annual wellness visit” or AWV. It’s not your yearly physical, but the once-a-year checkup for Medicare patients where medical history, blood pressure, medications, immunizations and testing schedules are reviewed. The purpose of the annual wellness visit is to audit an individual’s wellness and develop a personalized prevention […]
