About Annandale Family Medicine
Annandale Family Medicine is a comprehensive family practice serving patients of all ages in Annandale, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. Our experienced providers — Michelle Zucherman, DO, Carmen Ayala, FNP, Courtney Dannahey, FNP, Raquel Ramirez, PA, and Denisa Meekma, PA — provide a full spectrum of primary and preventive care with a focus on personalized wellness and long-term health outcomes.
Our services include urgent and acute care, annual physicals, preventive and wellness exams, chronic disease management, cardiac evaluations (including EKGs), nutrition and fitness assessments, custom wellness plans, immunizations and flu shots, laboratory services, specialist coordination, patient education, and health maintenance. We also offer school, camp, and life insurance physicals, skin care, travel medicine and vaccinations, and comprehensive men’s and women’s health services.
At Annandale Family Medicine, we combine clinical excellence with advanced technology to make healthcare more accessible and patient-centered. Through our secure online platform, patients can send messages, schedule appointments, pay bills, and request prescription refills conveniently. Our care team monitors key health indicators in real time, provides alerts when intervention is needed, and engages proactively to ensure preventive care and follow-up are never missed.
We believe that maintaining good health is a shared partnership. Our mission is to empower patients to take charge of their well-being, understand their conditions and treatments, and make informed choices that promote lasting health and vitality.
AFM Care Programs
Annandale Family Medicine’s Care Programs extend care beyond traditional office visits — offering personalized, data-driven, and value-based solutions that enhance outcomes, improve patient satisfaction, and strengthen continuity of care.
Chronic Care Management (CCM)
Goals/Objectives: Enhance comprehensive, continuous, patient-centered care delivery through structured management of chronic conditions, ensuring ongoing communication, coordination, and patient engagement.
Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM)
Goals/Objectives: Bridge the gap between visits by enabling earlier clinical intervention, improving outcomes, increasing patient satisfaction, and supporting value-based performance through continuous remote tracking of health data.
In-Home Program (IHP)
Goals/Objectives: Extend primary care services beyond the office, improve patient outcomes, and reduce avoidable healthcare utilization. Includes comprehensive follow-up assessments, coordination of care, evaluation of social determinants of health (SDOH), care plan execution, and measurement of quality metrics/care gaps.
In-Home Program (IHP) for Post-Acute Patients
Goals/Objectives: Ensure safe transitions of care, prevent avoidable readmissions or emergency visits, maintain continuity of communication, support recovery, and advance value-based goals. Objectives include reducing 30-day readmission and ED/UC visit rates, improving patient satisfaction, completing medication reconciliation, and reinforcing follow-up adherence.
Walk-In Clinic (WIC)
Goals/Objectives: Provide convenient, immediate care for appropriate patients, primarily those with acute or upper respiratory concerns. Enhances short-term health outcomes, reduces unnecessary urgent care and emergency utilization, improves patient satisfaction, and supports ongoing management of chronic conditions through coordinated follow-up.
Patient Engagement
Goals/Objectives: Improve the patient journey before their provider encounter through intake activities, insurance verification, clinical assessments (e.g., PHQ-GAD), and preventive notifications (e.g., cancer awareness), ensuring patients are well-prepared and informed.
Collaborative Care Model (CoCM)
Goals/Objectives: Expand access to behavioral health services, promote integrated whole-person care, and enhance outcomes through coordinated collaboration among primary care and behavioral health providers. Focus includes early screening, measurement-based care, and efficient teamwork.
Virtual Clinical Team (VCT)
Goals/Objectives: Enhance provider efficiency through optimized inbox management and comprehensive chart preparation, improving the overall flow and quality of patient care.
Cardiovascular Program (Peripheral Artery Disease – PAD – Screening)
Goals/Objectives: Proactively identify patients at risk for PAD, conduct early testing, and provide timely referrals for treatment options to prevent complications and improve cardiovascular health.
Allergy Program
Goals/Objectives: Identify and treat eligible patients through appropriate testing and immunotherapy, enhancing quality of life and reducing allergy-related complications.
Genetic Testing
Goals/Objectives: Identify patients who qualify for medically necessary genetic testing, enabling personalized care planning and early intervention for inherited health risks.
Neurocognitive Testing
Goals/Objectives: Detect cognitive impairments early, allowing for effective monitoring, diagnosis, and personalized care planning. Includes medication management, specialist referrals, and patient/family education to promote long-term cognitive health.
Fall Risk Assessment
Goals/Objectives: Identify patients at risk of falls early, prevent injury, promote independence and safety, and support chronic and geriatric care goals aligned with quality and value-based initiatives.