Economic issues
rlieberthal opened this issue · 1 comments
Add annual wellness visit (AWV) price and utilization to reflect the overall cost of visits
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AWVs were introduced into Medicare in 2011 as part of the ACA (http://www.latimes.com/business/lazarus/la-fi-lazarus-obamacare-physicals-20160802-snap-story.html)
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Annual Wellness Visits have a cost of $175 per beneficiary per year (https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2019/2019-vol25-n3/medicare-annual-wellness-visit-association-with-healthcare-quality-and-costs)
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AWVs had a utilization of 7.5% in 2011 rising to 15.6% among Medicare beneficiaries in 2014 (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2622010)
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AWVs are covered by SNOMED codes 444971000124105 (general) and 456201000124103 (Medicare AWV) (https://phinvads.cdc.gov/vads/ViewCodeSystemConcept.action?oid=2.16.840.1.113883.6.96&code=456201000124103)
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