Medicare Annual Wellness Visit in Bullhead City, AZ
Create or update a personalized prevention plan with Ihtisham Choudhry, MD. Your visit focuses on health risks, medications, safety, recommended screenings, and practical next steps for the year ahead.
How often?
Medicare Part B generally covers one eligible Annual Wellness Visit every 12 months.
Is it a physical?
No. It is a conversation- and prevention-focused visit, not a comprehensive physical exam.
What does it cost?
Eligible patients generally pay nothing when the provider accepts Medicare assignment; added services may cost extra.
A yearly visit built around prevention—not illness.
A Medicare Annual Wellness Visit gives you and your healthcare team dedicated time to review your current health, identify potential risks, and organize the preventive care you may need next.
The visit begins with a Health Risk Assessment and a review of your personal and family history. Your provider can then update your medication list, discuss safety and daily function, review recommended screenings and vaccines, and create a written prevention plan tailored to your health risks.
Your visit creates a clearer picture of your health.
The exact conversation depends on your history and risks, but a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit typically includes the following elements.
Health Risk Assessment
Questions about your health, daily activities, safety, lifestyle, emotional well-being, and potential risk factors.
Health History Review
An update of your medical, surgical, and family history, allergies, hospital stays, and other important health information.
Medication Review
A review of prescription medicines, over-the-counter products, vitamins, and supplements you currently use.
Routine Measurements
Measurements may include height, weight, body mass index, and blood pressure.
Cognitive & Emotional Health
A brief check for possible cognitive concerns and discussion of mood, stress, or other psychosocial risks.
Safety & Daily Function
Discussion of fall risk, mobility, activities of daily living, home safety, and support needs.
Screening & Vaccine Plan
A personalized list of preventive screenings, immunizations, counseling, and other services to consider.
Personalized Prevention Plan
A practical written plan that helps you understand recommended next steps for maintaining your health.
Medicare wellness visit vs. routine physical
These appointments can sound similar, but they serve different purposes and may be covered differently.
| Feature | Medicare Annual Wellness Visit | Routine Physical Exam |
|---|---|---|
| Main purpose | Prevention planning and risk assessment | Comprehensive physical evaluation |
| Health Risk Assessment | Core part of the visit | Not necessarily required |
| Head-to-toe physical | Not included as the core benefit | May be included |
| New symptoms or chronic-condition treatment | Usually handled separately or billed as an additional service | May be addressed depending on the appointment |
| Medicare Part B preventive benefit | Generally covered once every 12 months when eligible | Routine physicals are generally not covered as this preventive benefit |
Bring the information that helps make your plan personal.
- 1Medication list
Include prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, supplements, doses, and how often you take them.
- 2Healthcare team details
Bring the names of specialists, pharmacies, home-health agencies, and medical-equipment suppliers involved in your care.
- 3Health and immunization records
Bring available vaccine records, recent preventive test results, and updates to your personal or family health history.
- 4Your questions and concerns
Write down prevention goals and mention any new symptoms while scheduling so the office can recommend the correct visit type.
Why choose Dadra Medical PC?
Receive prevention-focused care close to home from a practice that can support your health beyond one yearly appointment.
MD-led care
Your preventive plan is connected to the broader primary-care services of Ihtisham Choudhry, MD.
Convenient Bullhead City location
The clinic is located on Highway 95 and serves patients from Bullhead City and nearby communities.
Continuity after the visit
When follow-up is needed, the practice also offers chronic care, acute care, labs, monitoring, and other primary-care services.
Medicare wellness visit questions
No. The Annual Wellness Visit focuses on health risks and a personalized prevention plan. It is not a comprehensive head-to-toe physical exam.
Medicare Part B generally covers a yearly wellness visit after you have had Part B for more than 12 months. Your first Annual Wellness Visit cannot occur within 12 months of your Part B enrollment or a “Welcome to Medicare” preventive visit. Call the clinic to verify eligibility.
Eligible beneficiaries generally pay nothing for the Annual Wellness Visit when the provider accepts Medicare assignment. Additional tests, treatment, or services performed during the same appointment may involve coinsurance, a deductible, or other costs.
Tell the office when scheduling. Evaluation or treatment of a new symptom is not part of the core wellness benefit and may require a separate appointment or additional billing.
The core Medicare Annual Wellness Visit does not automatically include blood work. Do not fast unless the clinic gives you specific instructions for separately ordered testing.
Bring your insurance cards, current medication and supplement list, healthcare-team information, available immunization records, and updated personal and family health history.
Plan your next year of preventive care.
Call Dadra Medical PC to verify eligibility and request a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit in Bullhead City.
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