About Your No-Cost Annual Preventive Care Visits

Posted on May 19, 2021

Annual Well-Care Visit. The annual well-care visit is your opportunity to talk with your PCP about your overall health goals and concerns, and develop a personalized prevention plan based on your current health and risk factors. During your visit, you will discuss:

• Your health risk assessment and medical/family history
• Medications, supplements and vitamins you are currently taking
• Health care you are receiving from other providers
• Your height, weight, body mass index, blood pressure, and other routine measurements
• Your emotional and mental health, and any concerns about depression, anxiety, memory loss or other cognition issues
• Your functional ability and activity level; and your ability to get around safely, in your home and elsewhere (e.g., your risk of falling)
• A schedule for screenings and preventive services you need
• Urinary incontinence
• Other concerns you may have like smoking cessation, weight loss, etc.
• Any risk factors and conditions you have and recommendations for treatment
• Health advice and referrals for health education or preventive counseling services or programs, as appropriate
• Advance health care planning and advance directives

Annual Physical Exam. The annual physical exam is a head-to-toe exam that addresses your overall physical health, and will include the following:

• A head-to-toe exam of all systems
• A review of past medical history
• A discussion about the status of chronic, stable problems that may require additional work-up
• Age-appropriate counseling, screenings and tests; and measurement of blood pressure, weight, height and body mass index
• A mini-cognition test and depression screening
• “Get Up & Go” testing

Don’t wait until you get sick to see your PCP; take advantage of your free annual preventive care visits. Call your PCP’s office to schedule your visits today.

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