decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2020 Issue 3 (March)
Payment for subsequent annual wellness visits rises 116% over recent 5-year stretch
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Article Overview
This article examines Medicare payment and claims trends for annual wellness visit services over a five-year span. It is aimed at coding, billing, and practice management readers who want to understand how utilization and reimbursement shifted across provider specialties and between initial and subsequent wellness visit services.
Why This Topic Matters
Annual wellness visit reporting can be an important part of preventive service revenue and performance monitoring. Understanding payment, claim volume, and denial-rate trends helps practices assess how these services are being used across specialties and over time.
What You Will Learn
- How Medicare claims and payments for annual wellness visit services changed over time
- Which provider specialties accounted for most reported claims
- How denial patterns and claim volume trended during the period covered
- How the article contrasts initial and subsequent wellness visit reporting at a high level
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Coding auditors
- Billing staff
- Practice managers
- Internal medicine practices
- Family practice clinics
- Revenue cycle professionals
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