{"id":19419,"date":"2022-01-26T08:49:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T13:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19419"},"modified":"2022-01-26T08:50:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T13:50:00","slug":"is-medicare-annual-visit-really-a-physical-examination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19419","title":{"rendered":"Is Medicare annual visit really a physical examination?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Federal statute prohibits Medicare from paying for annual physical examinations. Your \u201cWelcome to Medicare\u201d preventive visit does not resemble a physical exam, and you only get one of these visits; within the first 12 months of Part B enrollment. For more information on what Medicare offers as an \u201cannual\u201d visit, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dianeomdahl\/2022\/01\/25\/medicares-physical-exam-isnt-really-a-physical-exam-at-all\/?sh=68e8387b6b1f\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dianeomdahl\/2022\/01\/25\/medicares-physical-exam-isnt-really-a-physical-exam-at-all\/?sh=68e8387b6b1f\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"105\" class=\"wp-image-7817\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare.jpg 2393w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33572724medicare-390x205.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal statute prohibits Medicare from paying for annual physical examinations. Your \u201cWelcome to Medicare\u201d preventive visit does not resemble a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-advantage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19420,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19419\/revisions\/19420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}