Questions Practices Ask Before Partnering With AWP

AWP provides nurse practitioner support for Medicare Annual Wellness Visits. We work with primary care practices to support AWV delivery, preventive-care review, documentation, and handoff of identified follow-up needs back to the established practice.

AWVs are completed by appropriately licensed nurse practitioners working through AWP and according to the agreed practice workflow and applicable requirements.

No. The established PCP remains at the center of the patient's ongoing medical care. AWP's role is focused on Annual Wellness Visit support and returning relevant findings and follow-up items to the practice.

During onboarding, we learn how your practice schedules patients, documents visits, routes care gaps, communicates findings, and handles follow-up. The implementation plan is then built around the workflow agreed upon with your team.

EHR access and documentation workflow are established with each partner practice during onboarding. Access is limited to what is appropriate for the contracted services and the practice's security and privacy requirements.

The AWV focuses on preventive health planning. Depending on the patient's needs and applicable Medicare requirements, the visit may include review of the health risk assessment, medical and family history, medications, functional and safety concerns, cognitive concerns, preventive screening status, immunizations, and a personalized prevention plan.

AWP follows the partner practice's agreed handoff and escalation process. Identified preventive-care opportunities or clinical follow-up needs are documented and routed back to the practice so the established care team can determine the appropriate next step.

AWP's planned partnership model is designed for the partner practice to bill for eligible services while AWP provides contracted clinical support. The exact billing, enrollment, reassignment, and documentation workflow is confirmed with each practice before go-live and must meet applicable Medicare and payer requirements.

Yes. A practice can begin with an agreed pilot volume or workflow before expanding. This allows both teams to evaluate scheduling, documentation, handoffs, and operational fit before scaling.

Timing depends on practice readiness, contracting, provider credentialing or enrollment needs, EHR access, workflow setup, and patient scheduling. AWP uses a structured onboarding and go-live process rather than promising the same timeline for every practice.

Privacy, access, documentation, and information-sharing expectations are addressed during contracting and onboarding. AWP and the partner practice establish the appropriate agreements, access controls, and workflows before patient services begin.

Service availability depends on provider licensure, enrollment, practice location, and applicable state and federal requirements. Contact AWP with your practice location so we can confirm current availability.

Start by requesting partnership information. We will learn about your practice, Medicare patient population, current AWV workflow, and goals, then discuss whether an AWP partnership is a fit and what implementation would require.