MEDPAGE TODAY reported: Should Medicare's annual wellness visit (AWV) be less physician-driven and more artificial intelligence (AI)-driven?

That's the question being asked by CMS in its proposed physician payment rule, issued this past summer.

Although everyone agrees on the importance of prevention, "evidence regarding the impact of the AWV on outcomes is mixed," the authors of the rule wrote. "Some studies have found that AWV receipt is associated with increased use of preventive services but may not sufficiently close gaps in preventive care. However, other studies have found no substantive association between AWV adoption and improvements in evidence-based screening, acute care utilization, or spending, or potentially increasing downstream low-value services."

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