This series has been focusing on levers to be pulled that can increase revenue in value-based care (VBC) practices. The second installment started looking at ways to decrease medical expenses, thereby increasing the potential revenue through shared savings or premium risk (Link to Part 2). Part 3 will now dig into the Swiss Army Knife of VBC, the Annual Wellness Visit (AWV).

From the FFS perspective all these yearly patient evaluations add revenue at a relatively higher rate than a typical office visit. A Medicare AWV generates the same work RVU rate as..