LAUSR

In 2011, Medicare introduced the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV), which encourages clinicians to develop prevention plans, perform health risk assessments, and refer Medicare beneficiaries to preventive services. While there were early increases in AWV utilization between 2011 and 2014, little is known about longer-term trends during the era of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA)—an important gap given the increase in valuebased payment models under MACRA and potential to use AWVs to increase revenue and lower total healthcare spending in these models.