MIGrandma
Lives in the middle-of-the-mitten.
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2009
If you are on Medicare do you get a yearly wellness checkup from your doctor? I had one done last year and just had a voice mail from my doctor’s office saying it was time for another. I wasn’t very impressed with the checkup last year and I just think it’s a waste of time to do another. At the one last year the nurse asked me several questions like are you afraid of falling? Do you have to hold onto furniture as you move around in your home? Are you happy? Are you afraid of anyone you live with? Etc. She took my blood pressure, my weight, and the doctor listened to my heart, and had me walk across the room so he could check my gait. There were a few other simple exercises he had me do as well, but really nothing that I felt was worth going to the appointment for.
I am diabetic so I see my doctor 4 times yearly for that, and it is more of a checkup than what the Medicare wellness one was. They take my blood pressure, weigh me, he listens to my heart and lungs, checks my feet, answers any health questions I have, which he said he couldn’t do at the Medicare checkup. He said he could only do the exam the way Medicare tells them to. So I think I’m not going to schedule another wellness checkup, as anything I need can be addressed at my diabetic checkups. I’m due for my next diabetic checkup next month, so I will ask what he thinks about the wellness checkup then. I’m just curious if anyone here gets the Medicare wellness checkups yearly.
I am diabetic so I see my doctor 4 times yearly for that, and it is more of a checkup than what the Medicare wellness one was. They take my blood pressure, weigh me, he listens to my heart and lungs, checks my feet, answers any health questions I have, which he said he couldn’t do at the Medicare checkup. He said he could only do the exam the way Medicare tells them to. So I think I’m not going to schedule another wellness checkup, as anything I need can be addressed at my diabetic checkups. I’m due for my next diabetic checkup next month, so I will ask what he thinks about the wellness checkup then. I’m just curious if anyone here gets the Medicare wellness checkups yearly.