Medicare Annual Wellness Visits: A Comprehensive Discussion for Physician Leaders and Executives

dc.contributor.authorCarpenter, Robert G.en
dc.contributor.authorSood, Nikhilen
dc.contributor.authorSlonim, Anthony D.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-23T13:05:39Zen
dc.date.available2025-06-23T13:05:39Zen
dc.date.issued2025-08-01en
dc.description.abstractFifteen years after the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), initiatives like Medicare's Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) aim to enhance health outcomes by emphasizing preventive care, identifying risk factors, and promoting personalized prevention strategies. AWV completion rates remain below 30%, limiting its overall impact; still, studies show that AWVs contribute to improved care utilization, chronic disease management, and better patient outcomes. For physician leaders and healthcare executives, optimizing AWV implementation can enhance patient care and organizational performance. Provider education, workflow integration, patient engagement, and team-based care can improve AWV completion rates. Ensuring proper documentation is essential for reimbursement. By strategically leveraging the AWV, healthcare organizations can improve patient participation and clinical outcomes while reducing costs and strengthening financial sustainability. Physician leaders play a critical role in fostering adoption and maximizing the benefits of this under utilized yet impactful initiative.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/135559en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Association for Physician Leadershipen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.titleMedicare Annual Wellness Visits: A Comprehensive Discussion for Physician Leaders and Executivesen
dc.title.serialPhysician Leadership Journalen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2025-04-06en
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Techen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/VT Carilion School of Medicineen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/VT Carilion School of Medicine/Internal Medicineen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/VT Carilion School of Medicine/Internal Medicine/General IMen

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