DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2012 Issue 9 (September)

Avoid AWV confusion, wasted money; learn when to bill initial visits

Spend a few minutes calling your Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) or using its electronic portal to track whether your patient already received an initial annual wellness visit (AWV). If you don’t and the patient hasn’t had that initial AWV, you could be squandering an extra $55 by billing the subsequent instead of initial AWV.

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