Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5200 Eastern Avenue, Suite 2200, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5200 Eastern Avenue, 7th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Clin Geriatr Med. 2018 Feb;34(1):1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2017.09.001. Epub 2017 Oct 10.
The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit is an annual preventive health benefit, which was created in 2011 as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The visit provides an opportunity for clinicians to review preventive health recommendations and screen for geriatric syndromes. In this article, the authors review the requirements of the Annual Wellness Visit, discuss ways to use the Annual Wellness Visit to improve the care of geriatric patients, and provide suggestions for how to incorporate this benefit into a busy clinic.
医疗保险年度健康访视是一项年度预防保健福利,于 2011 年作为《患者保护与平价医疗法案》的一部分设立。该访视为临床医生提供了审查预防保健建议和筛查老年综合征的机会。在本文中,作者回顾了年度健康访视的要求,讨论了使用年度健康访视来改善老年患者护理的方法,并就如何将这项福利纳入繁忙的诊所提供了建议。