That’s how the Annual Wellness visit works with Medicare. It has gotten so difficult to make an appointment to see my GP, as opposed to Emergency Care, that I saved a couple of things to ask my doc during the annual checkup. She explained to me that those would normally be billed as a separate visit but decided that since she didn’t need to take x-rays or do additional testing that she wouldn’t. Kind of a crazy system, partly because of the doctor shortage.
That’s how the Annual Wellness visit works with Medicare. It has gotten so difficult to make an appointment to see my GP, as opposed to Emergency Care, that I saved a couple of things to ask my doc during the annual checkup. She explained to me that those would normally be billed as a separate visit but decided that since she didn’t need to take x-rays or do additional testing that she wouldn’t. Kind of a crazy system, partly because of the doctor shortage.