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.
Although only recently formally recognized as a distinct condition, binge eating disorder is probably the most common eating disorder. Most people with binge eating disorder are obese (more than 20% above a healthy body weight), but normal-weight people also can be affected. Binge eating disorder probably affects 1-5% of all adults. Among mildly obese people in self-help or commercial weight loss programs, 10% to 15% have binge eating disorder. The disorder is even more common in those with severe obesity. Binge eating disorder is slightly more common in women than in men.