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With the new year starting, it is a good time to reflect on your health. Health prevention is the key to heading off many avoidable diseases.  This is where your annual wellness visit is important. Sometimes, we find that patients are not aware of their health insurance covering this benefit and type of office visit. Your annual wellness visit is not exactly a "physical exam" but rather taking the opportunity to make sure you are up to date on screenings, vaccines, and routine lab testing. It also allows your physician to address and provide education for other chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and COPD.  All medical insurance covers this office visit at 100%. You still may be responsible for any co-insurance coverage toward routine labs and screenings, but the office visit to discuss the lack of these in your health record is 100% covered. Screenings such as colon cancer screenings have found thousands of precancerous abnormalities that can be removed and avoid turning into colon cancer. If you are a smoker, the CDC now recommends a low contrast chest CT as this is the best measure for lung cancer. Don't let 2020 pass by without making sure you are up to date on your prevention measures.  Our office will be happy to help you become healthier in 2020. Call for an appointment today, 270-526-9652.

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