Primary Care

Your Yearly Health Checkup

Wellness visits are a yearly checkup with your primary care provider to assess and discuss your overall health and well-being. By seeing your provider annually for a health checkup, you can prevent health problems or catch them sooner. Your provider can also help you create a plan to reach your health goals and keep you on track.

During a wellness visit, your provider will review your health history, recommend screenings or tests based on your age and risk factors, and help you stay up to date with vaccinations. Wellness visits are also known as physical exams or preventive visits.

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Stay Healthy by Reducing Your Health Risks

Once you are eligible for Medicare, you are also eligible for an annual Medicare wellness visit. This visit gives you the opportunity to meet with your provider and receive a personalized preventive care plan at no additional cost. Your provider will assess your health and medical history before developing a plan to help you reduce health risks.

Take advantage of this benefit covered once every 12 months by Medicare. When you call to schedule your visit, it’s important to ask to schedule a Medicare Annual Wellness Visit.

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See Your Provider for New Health Concerns

When you have a new or existing health concern, schedule an office visit with your primary care provider. Your provider will evaluate your symptoms and may order tests, prescribe medications or refer you to a specialist. This visit is intended to create a treatment plan for your new or ongoing health concerns to help you get well.

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Connect with Care From Home

Virtual care is a convenient visit option when you don’t want to leave your home or if you need care outside of regular clinic hours for conditions such as colds, rashes, diarrhea or anxiety.

Using My Sanford Chart, you can send a message to a provider by filling out a short, online questionnaire or see a provider face-to-face to discuss your symptoms, next steps and a treatment plan. Your visit may cost less than an office visit.

You can also schedule a virtual behavioral health visit with a licensed therapist or psychiatrist.

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When you’re sick or injured, your provider may be able to see you the same day. To see if your provider has a same-day appointment available, call your local clinic or log into My Sanford Chart.

Our same-day appointment options also include virtual care services and walk-in clinics for urgent care. These appointment options give you convenient access to care when you need to be seen right away, but your condition is not a medical emergency.

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