National Provider Call on "The ABCs of the Initial Preventive Physical Examination and Annual Wellness Visit"
Thursday, July 21, 1:30-3pm ET Beginning in 2005, Medicare covers an Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE), commonly known as the "Welcome to Medicare" Visit (WMV); it is provided as a one-time service to newly-enrolled beneficiaries. The IPPE is an introduction to Medicare and covered benefits, with a focus on health promotion and disease detection. Beginning on Sat Jan 1, 2011, the Affordable Care Act allows for coverage of critical new benefits for people with Medicare, including the addition of a free Annual Wellness Visit (AWV). This expanded coverage allows physicians to provide Personalized Prevention Plan Services that consider both age-appropriate preventive services available to all Medicare beneficiaries and additional services that may be appropriate to the patient's individual needs. CMS will host a national provider call on "The ABCs of the Initial Preventive Physical Examination and Annual Wellness Visit." Subject matter experts will discuss basic information about each benefit, when to perform these services, and coding and billing requirements; a question and answer session will follow the presentations. The target audience for this call includes Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, health educators, registered dietitians, nutrition professionals, medical billers and coders, and other interested healthcare professionals. In order to receive the call-in information, you must register for the call. Registration will close at 1:30pm on Wednesday, July 20 or when available space has been filled; no exceptions will be made, so please register early. For more details, including instructions on registering for the call, please visit http://www.eventsvc.com/palmettogba/072111. For more information on the IPPE and AWV, as well as other Medicare-covered Preventive Services, visit the following Medicare Learning Network resources: § Quick Reference Information: The ABCs of Providing the Initial Preventive Physical Examination - http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MPS_QRI_IPPE001a.pdf § Quick Reference Information: The ABCs of Providing the Annual Wellness Visit - http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/AWV_Chart_ICN905706.pdf § The Guide to Medicare Preventive Services - http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/mps_guide_web-061305.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.
