What is an initiating visit?
Before we can offer Chronic Care Management services, there must be an initiating face-to-face visit with a Medicare qualified provider for new patients or patients who have not been seen within one year prior to the starting Chronic Care Management services. The initiating visit can be an annual wellness visit, an initial preventive physical exam, transitional care visit, or other qualifying evaluation and management visit. This visit is not part of Chronic Care Management services and is billed separately.