Primary care visits for preventive services has nearly doubled since 2001, and new research suggests these visits give clinicians and patients more valuable time together. The proportion of preventive ...

Although more fee-for-service Medicare patients have taken advantage of preventive services since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act made the type of care more accessible, use of such ...

Your doctor should not just be someone you see when you are sick—they should be your health advocate. John Barrett, MD, chair of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at University of Utah ...

While preventive health care is usually associated with primary care providers, a majority of office visits for preventive services among reproductive-age women happened with ...

It makes sense to go to the doctor when you're sick, but preventative visits are also an important part of keeping you healthy. "The goal of health should be prevention of any issues instead of ...

Medicare doesn’t cover annual physical exams, but some preventive visits are covered. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Asian adults saw the greatest declines in wellness visits and most preventive screenings. A slower recovery in ...

US adults are more likely than in the past to be seen by their primary care provider for a preventive visit. According to Rotenstein, these visits lasted more than 15 percent longer than visits ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Diane Omdahl is a Medicare expert who keeps her readers in the know. A friend, new to Medicare, asked me whether Medicare covered ...

Two years into the worst global pandemic in 100 years, it seems that Covid-19 is on a downswing to endemic status in the U.S. Its aftershocks are still with us, however, and will be for some time. Our ...