3-step guide to doing wellness visits with new health risk assessments

Why This Topic Matters

It helps practices understand the scope of a Medicare preventive care workflow change and identify the administrative, staffing, and documentation areas that may need updates before the effective date.

Article Sections

1. Revenue cycle management

   Overview of the upcoming preventive visit workflow change and the administrative challenge it creates for practices.

2. Try to get the form completed before the appointment.

   Discussion of pre-visit collection options and patient-facing methods for obtaining health risk assessment information.

3. Use non-physician staff to ensure the HRA is as complete as possible before a clinician gets involved in the AWV.

   Coverage of staff involvement in reviewing and assisting with completion of the assessment before the clinician portion of the visit.

4. Plan to get HRA data into your EHR.

   Explanation of integrating assessment data into electronic health record workflows and related system planning.