KeyCare: Almost 70 Percent of Medicare Patients Comfortable Conducting Annual Wellness Visits by Telehealth

Among Medicare enrollees who previously have had a telehealth visit, 69 percent report that they would be comfortable doing annual wellness visits (AWVs) via telehealth from home. The survey found that the most-often cited benefits of telehealth annual wellness visits include: convenience in terms of transportation and time (39.25 percent), elimination of the need to sit in an office with sick people (30.75 percent), lower expenses (23.25 percent), and the ability to schedule a visit sooner (20 percent).