decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2011 Issue 11 (November)
Annual wellness visits will get more prescriptive in 2012
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Article Overview
This article covers a 2012 CMS payment and documentation update for annual wellness visits, including the new expectation that patients complete a health risk assessment and that practices use it to support the visit’s prevention planning process. It is aimed at coders, billers, compliance staff, and clinical practices that furnish Medicare annual wellness visits and want to understand the operational and reimbursement impact of the rule change.
Why This Topic Matters
The update affects workflow, patient intake, and Medicare AWV billing operations, and it also ties the new documentation expectation to payment changes discussed in the article. Readers who manage preventive visit billing or compliance will want to know what CMS says about the assessment and how it fits into the AWV service.
What You Will Learn
- What CMS changed for annual wellness visits under the 2012 Physician Fee Schedule
- How the patient health risk assessment fits into annual wellness visit documentation
- What general categories of information the assessment is expected to gather
- How the policy may affect practice workflow and Medicare AWV reimbursement
- What accessibility and readability considerations are discussed for the patient form
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Medical billers
- Compliance staff
- Physician practice administrators
- Primary care practices
- Preventive care coordinators
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