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Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) are one of the most powerful—yet underutilized—tools available to healthcare providers today. As the industry continues shifting toward value-based care, AWVs offer a unique opportunity to improve patient outcomes, increase reimbursement, and strengthen long-term engagement.

What is a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit? A Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) is a preventive screening used to identify gaps in care.

Discover how 2-G Consulting Healthcare Solutions improved Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) completion rates, documentation accuracy, and patient engagement using ThoroughCare. By replacing manual workflows with a digital care coordination platform, 2-G transformed AWVs into a more efficient, compliant, and patient-centered process—especially critical for rural healthcare populations.

In this video, we discuss how Annual Wellness Visits — or AWVs — can be a powerful gateway to enrolling patients in care management programs like Chronic Care Management (CCM) and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM). We’ll show you why AWVs are more than just a Medicare requirement — they’re a key touchpoint for identifying patient needs, improving outcomes, and boosting reimbursement for your practice. If you're looking to deliver more holistic care and grow your value-based care efforts, you're in the right place.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the CPT codes for the Annual Wellness Visit (AWV). For 2025, there were no major changes to the AWV program rules and regulations in CMS’s Final Rule.

Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) go beyond a yearly evaluation. The AWV provides a means to achieving several goals, including:

Annual Wellness Visits (AWV) for Medicare beneficiaries can add measurable value to benefit patient health outcomes, quality performance, and service revenue. However, it’s critical to optimize physician and staff time with a reliable, standards-based, and streamlined workflow.

Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) have been shown to reduce healthcare expenses by 5.7% for Medicare beneficiaries. In addition to reducing future costs, AWVs provide an opportunity to assess a patient’s health risks and create a personalized prevention plan.

Providers implementing Annual Wellness Visits or quality improvement initiatives identify and hone best practices that meet their unique patient and practice needs. When operationalized, these standards achieve four goals:

Since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began covering Annual Wellness Visits (AWV) in 2011, the value of this yearly assessment has continued to increase.