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The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit was part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010. It is a free preventative service available to eligible Medicare patients.

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The Annual Wellness Visit is an evaluation designed to help you, your family and your physician develop an ongoing health plan that will keep you healthy, safe and independent for a long time. Yearly “Wellness” visits: If you’ve had Part B for longer than 12 months, you can get this visit to develop or update a personalized prevention help plan to prevent disease and disability based on your current health and risk factors. Your provider will ask you to fill out a questionnaire, called a “Health Risk Assessment,” as part of this visit. Answering these questions can help you and your provider develop a personalized prevention plan to help you stay healthy and get the most out of your visit.

This visit is covered once every 12 months (11 full months must have passed since the last visit). You pay nothing for the “Welcome to Medicare” preventive visit or the yearly “Wellness” visit if your doctor or other qualified health care provider accepts assignment. The Part B deductible doesn’t apply. However, if your doctor or other health care provider performs additional tests or services during the same visit that aren’t covered under these preventive benefits, you may have to pay coinsurance, and the Part B deductible may apply.