Half Of Adolescents In Medicaid Have Annual Well-Care Visits

As of November 2019, states in the United States show a 48.9% median rate for adolescent well-care visits. Connecticut has the highest rate of 70.9%, while West Virginia has the lowest rate of 23.3%. Annual well-care visits during adolescence promote healthy behaviors, prevent risky ones, and detect conditions that can interfere with physical, social, and emotional development.

These findings were presented in the "2019 Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Scorecard," by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Scorecard is the public-facing federal dashboard of state health and administrative . . .