What an Annual Wellness Visit is
The Annual Wellness Visit is covered once every 12 months under Medicare Part B, after a patient's first 12 months of Part B and not within 12 months of a Welcome to Medicare visit. The first AWV is billed with G0438 and later ones with G0439, at about $174 and $138 in 2026 (national non-facility amounts; locality varies).
The visit covers a health risk assessment, history, a list of current providers, vitals, cognitive and depression screening, functional and safety review, and a written 5-to-10-year screening schedule. For 2026, CMS removed the optional social determinants of health assessment and redefined G0136 as a physical activity and nutrition assessment.
For value-based practices the AWV is a high-value visit: it surfaces gaps and supports risk documentation. Rivvi helps teams find patients due in their own files and reach them by call and text. When the schedule lives in the EHR, Rivvi warm-transfers the patient to scheduling or creates a task, and logs the outcome.