Effective January 1, 2011, Medicare started to provide coverage for Annual Wellness Visits. This benefit was included in the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Medicare has come up with two HCPCS codes for these wellness visits for medical billing purposes. The codes are G0438 and G0439.
Keanu Reeves and Lily Collins took a break from filming To the Bone, an upcoming dramedy about eating disorders, to raise awareness of the health issue. âTruth Number One: Many people with eating disorders look healthy, yet may be extremely ill,â Collins says. âTruth Number Two,â continues Reeves.
An eating disorder is a disturbance in eating behavior. Anorexia nervosa (anorexia) and bulimia nervosa (bulimia) are the eating disorders that are studied most often, and researchers estimate millions of people in the United States are affected each year by eating disorders. A condition known as binge-eating disorder is considered the most common eating disorder. In the United States, it's estimated that between one and four out of every 100 people are affected by binge-eating disorder.