Medicare covers a wellness visit once every 12 months (11 full months must have passed since your last visit), and you are eligible for this benefit after you have had Part B for at least 12 months.

Medicare does not require that you have a Medicare Wellness Visit every year. But it's important to take advantage of all the Medicare benefits available to you. This free yearly visit is an extra tool in your health care toolbox.

Your annual preventive health exam (aka well visit or annual physical) is scheduled with your primary care physician to catch potential health issues early, before they become serious, and to help you focus on wellness and a healthy lifestyle while identifying important screening tests, vaccinations and other necessary ...

G0402: This code applies to the Welcome to Medicare visit — also referred to as an Initial Preventive Physical Exam (IPPE).