Medicare Preventive Care
Medicare Annual Wellness Visits Focused on Your Long-Term Health
A Medicare Annual Wellness Visit gives you and your provider time to look at the bigger picture of your health. At LFM, these visits focus on prevention, medications, health risks, recommended screenings, and a personalized plan designed to help you stay healthy, active, and independent.
Prevention First
What Is a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit?
A Medicare Annual Wellness Visit is designed to help identify health risks before they become bigger problems. Unlike a visit focused on treating an illness, this appointment gives you dedicated time with your provider to review your overall health, discuss preventive care, and create a personalized wellness plan for the year ahead.
At LFM, Medicare wellness visits are tailored to each patient and may include reviewing medications, recommended screenings, fall risk, memory concerns, vaccinations, healthy lifestyle goals, and other factors that support long-term health and independence.
Review Your Overall Health
Discuss your medical history, current health concerns, medications, and changes that have occurred since your last visit.
Identify Health Risks
Evaluate fall risk, memory concerns, depression screening, lifestyle factors, and other risks that may affect your future health.
Create a Personalized Plan
Develop recommendations for preventive screenings, vaccinations, healthy habits, and follow-up care based on your individual needs.
Stay Independent Longer
Preventive planning can help patients maintain mobility, independence, and quality of life while catching potential concerns earlier.
Your Wellness Checklist
What's Included in Your Medicare Annual Wellness Visit?
Every patient is different, but your Medicare Annual Wellness Visit may include many of the preventive services and discussions below.
- Review of your medical and family history
- Medication and supplement review
- Blood pressure, weight, and health measurements
- Recommended preventive screenings
- Vaccination recommendations
- Personalized health risk assessment
- Memory and cognitive screening
- Depression screening
- Fall risk evaluation
- Nutrition and exercise counseling
- Healthy aging recommendations
- Written wellness plan for the coming year
The Benefits of Prevention
Why Medicare Annual Wellness Visits Matter
A Medicare Annual Wellness Visit is one of the best opportunities to focus on your future health instead of waiting until problems develop. Preventive care helps identify risks earlier, supports healthier aging, and gives you and your provider time to plan for the year ahead.
Catch Potential Problems Earlier
Regular preventive visits may help identify health concerns before symptoms become more serious, allowing for earlier intervention and better long-term outcomes.
Build a Personalized Prevention Plan
Your provider can recommend screenings, vaccinations, lifestyle changes, and follow-up care based on your personal health history and risk factors.
Stay Independent Longer
Healthy aging starts with proactive planning. Preventive care can help support mobility, balance, memory, and overall quality of life as you age.
Better Manage Chronic Conditions
If you have diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, COPD, or other chronic conditions, wellness visits provide another opportunity to review your progress and long-term goals.
Review Medications Together
Medication reviews help ensure your prescriptions, supplements, and treatment plans continue to work well together while reducing the risk of unnecessary medications or interactions.
Make the Most of Your Medicare Benefits
Many Medicare beneficiaries are surprised to learn this preventive visit is available every year. Taking advantage of your wellness visit is an important part of getting the most from your Medicare coverage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common Questions About Medicare Annual Wellness Visits
Medicare wellness visits are an important preventive benefit, but they are often misunderstood. These answers can help you know what to expect before scheduling your visit.
Is a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit the same as a physical?
How often can I have a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit?
What should I bring to my wellness visit?
Can I discuss chronic conditions during the visit?
Does LFM accept Medicare Advantage plans?
Why should I schedule a wellness visit if I feel healthy?
True Excellence in Advanced Medicine
Make Your Next Medicare Wellness Visit Count
Your Medicare Annual Wellness Visit is an opportunity to focus on prevention, healthy aging, and the goals that matter most to you. The LFM team is here to help you plan ahead and make the most of this important preventive benefit.