A wellness visit that's 100% covered, 0% rushed.
Your Medicare Annual Wellness Visit is covered 100% by Medicare Part B — no copay, no deductible. We schedule 45-60 minutes for it, enough time to build a real prevention plan, and we can usually see you this week, not months from now.
Prevention and planning, not just a checkup
Your wellness visit is where we build the plan that keeps you healthy going forward — prevention through screening, evidence-based medicine for anything that needs treating, and integrative options like medical acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine if they're a good fit for you. It's a genuine conversation about where you are and where you want to be, not a rushed formality.
What your wellness visit includes
Completely Free
Covered 100% by Medicare Part B — no copay, no coinsurance, no deductible. You pay nothing out of pocket.
Health Risk Assessment
A real review of your health history, family history, lifestyle habits, and any concerns about memory or cognitive function.
Personalized Prevention Plan
Custom screening recommendations based on your age, gender, and health risks — cancer screenings, vaccines, and diagnostic tests included.
Medication Review
A complete look at your prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, and supplements to catch interactions or anything unnecessary.
Mental Health & Fall Risk
Depression and cognitive screening, plus a balance and home-safety evaluation to help prevent dangerous falls.
Advance Care Planning
An unhurried conversation about your healthcare wishes and advance directives, whenever you're ready to have it.
VIP-level time, on the insurance you already have
We built this practice around real, unhurried attention — the kind you'd expect from a concierge practice — while accepting nearly every major insurance plan, including Medicare and Medicaid. Most patients are seen within 24-48 hours, often the same day, whether in Bridgewater, Nutley, or by telemedicine.
A lot of practices make you wait months for an appointment like this one. We don't think a visit that's entirely free to you should also be the hardest one to schedule.
Use the benefit you're already paying for.
Most new patients are seen within a week, in person or via telemedicine.
Which Medicare visit is which
This is genuinely confusing, and the confusion is why a lot of people either skip the benefit or get an unexpected bill. Here's the plain version.
"Welcome to Medicare" Visit
A one-time preventive visit available during your first 12 months on Part B. Covers a baseline review, vision check, and a written prevention plan. Optional — but if you're newly enrolled, this is the one to ask about.
Initial Annual Wellness Visit
Available after you've had Part B for 12 months. This is where your personalized prevention plan and health risk assessment get built properly, from scratch.
Subsequent Wellness Visits
Every 12 months after that, updating the plan, reviewing medications, and re-screening for cognition, mood, and fall risk. Each one is covered in full — and the interval is 12 months, not "once a calendar year."
An Annual Physical
A hands-on head-to-toe exam — and a separate thing Medicare does not cover as a preventive benefit. Many patients want both, and we're straight with you about which part is free and which isn't before we do anything.
The most common surprise bill happens when a new problem comes up mid-visit — you mention a sore knee, we evaluate it, and that portion becomes a regular office visit with your usual copay. It's legitimate, and it's avoidable as a surprise: we'll tell you in the room, before we go there, and you can always choose to book it separately.
What we do with your prevention plan
The wellness visit produces a plan. These are the services it usually routes into — all in the same practice, so nothing depends on you carrying paperwork somewhere else.
Chronic Disease Management
Ongoing care for blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol — the conditions the wellness visit most often flags.
Learn moreLab Work & Screening
On-site blood draws at Bridgewater plus Cologuard and Guardant Shield options, so recommended screening actually gets done.
Learn moreMedical Acupuncture
Medicare covers acupuncture for chronic low-back pain — a real, drug-free option for a very common problem in this age group.
Learn moreMedicare Annual Wellness questions
Does the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit really cost nothing?
Yes. It's covered 100% by Medicare Part B, with no copay, no coinsurance, and no deductible. If a new health problem is discovered during the visit that needs its own treatment, that portion may be billed separately — we'll always tell you before providing anything beyond the wellness visit itself.
Is this the same as a physical exam?
No. The Annual Wellness Visit is focused on prevention and planning, not a hands-on physical exam. It includes a health risk assessment, a personalized prevention plan, a medication review, and screenings for cognitive function, depression, and fall risk.
How long does the visit take?
We schedule 45-60 minutes, enough time to actually go through your health history, medications, and any concerns you have, rather than rushing through a checklist.
Can I do my wellness visit by telemedicine?
Much of the Annual Wellness Visit — the health risk assessment, medication review, and prevention planning conversation — can be done by telemedicine. We'll let you know if anything on your particular visit needs to happen in person.
How quickly can I get scheduled?
Most patients are seen within 24-48 hours, often the same day — we don't think you should have to wait months to use a benefit you're already entitled to.
Can I have my wellness visit and a physical on the same day?
Yes, and many patients prefer to. The wellness visit portion stays covered in full by Part B; the hands-on physical exam portion is a separate service Medicare doesn't cover as a preventive benefit, so it's billed accordingly. The same is true if we address a new problem during the visit. None of that is a surprise here — we tell you in the room which part is free and which isn't, and you decide before we proceed.
Do I need to bring anything?
Three things help enormously: every medication, supplement, and over-the-counter product you take (bring the actual bottles if that's easier than a list), the names of any specialists you see, and whatever you know about your family's health history. If you've been thinking about advance directives — a healthcare proxy or living will — bring that up too. It's a covered part of this visit and one of the few appointments with enough time to do it properly rather than in a hurry.
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