Free Annual Wellness Check With Medicare with Kaitlyn Bertrand, PA

<p><span id="page3R_mcid2" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Individuals with Medicare part B or a Medicare Advantage plan are eligible for free annual</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">Medicare Wellness visit</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">s</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">. Scripps partners with patients</span><span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">’</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">primary care doctors to perform</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">these</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">annual healthy aging wellness assessments. Doctors develop or update the patient’s personal</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">care plan based on their current health and risk factors</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">to</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">help prevent diseases or disabilities.</span></span> <span id="page3R_mcid4" class= "markedContent"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">In this episode of</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">San Diego Health</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">, host Susan Taylor and gues</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">t Kaitlyn Bertrand, a physician</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">assistant with Scripps’ Annual Health Assessment Clinic, discuss  Medicare Wellness visits</span> <span dir= "ltr" role="presentation">and</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">how they differ from annual physical exams, who’s eligible, how to prepare, and how to</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">schedule one. Bertrand also covers what hap</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">pens during the visit and how providers screen for</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">conditions like depression.</span></span></p>