Consumer Engagement to Increase Advance Care Planning
Information source: University of Pittsburgh
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Condition(s) targeted: Advance Care Planning
Intervention: Consumer financial incentive (Behavioral); PREPARE (Behavioral)
Phase: Phase 3
Status: Terminated
Sponsored by: University of Pittsburgh Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s): Amber E Barnato, MD MPH MS, Principal Investigator, Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
Summary
The specific aims of the project are: 1) to test the effectiveness of consumer-directed
financial incentives paired with provider-directed financial incentives, compared to
provider-directed financial incentives alone, for increasing advance care planning (ACP)
among Medicaid beneficiaries; and 2) to assess perceptions regarding the appropriateness of
consumer-directed financial incentives for ACP among study participants. The investigators
hypothesize that consumer-directed financial incentives will result in a 15-percentage point
absolute increase in the proportion of subjects completing ACP. The investigators do not
advance hypotheses about the qualitative component.
Clinical Details
Official title: Consumer Engagement to Increase Advance Care Planning
Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary outcome: Advance care planning conversation with provider
Secondary outcome: Use of the PREPARE website
Detailed description:
This is a parallel cluster randomized controlled single-blind trial of consumer-directed
financial incentives paired with provider-directed financial incentives (intervention),
compared to provider-directed financial incentives alone (control) on the completion of ACP
among Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC) Medi-Cal patients. PHC is a
county-organized health system contracted by the State of California to provide a health
care delivery system for 360,000 MediāCal beneficiaries in Northern California. PHC has 400
contracted Primary Care Provider (PCP) entities, representing over 2000 individual
physicians, working in solo practice, small groups, community health centers, large groups,
and integrated health systems. The rationale for using PHC is their commitment to
experimenting with strategies to improve ACP, including their current quality improvement
program incentive payment to PCPs to discuss and document ACP with patients 65+ and <65 with
a serious chronic illness.
The investigators will randomize 40 PCPs to one of two different patient education packets
for their patients. Each PCP is eligible for financial incentives for documenting ACP
(usual care), regardless of the randomization group.
Each PCP will be responsible for identifying and enrolling 10 eligible subjects during
routine clinic visits, for a target enrollment of 400 patient subjects.
The investigators will stratify randomization based on salience of the financial incentive
(e. g., accrues directly to non-salaried provider, such as in a private practice, or accrues
to the organization of a salaried provider, such as in a Federally Qualified Health Center
or multispecialty group).
All enrolled patients will receive access to the patient education tool, Prepare for Your
Care (www. prepareforyourcare. org), developed by Dr. Sudore for low-literacy Medi-Cal
populations, in their education packets. The intervention group patients will additionally
be offered a consumer (patient) financial incentive. the primary outcome of the study is
having a conversation with the PCP about ACP. Secondary outcomes include: 1) website use
metrics and 2) attitudes about providing financial incentives for ACP (among a purposively
sampled subset of participants).
Eligibility
Minimum age: 18 Years.
Maximum age: N/A.
Gender(s): Both.
Criteria:
PCP Subject Inclusion Criteria:
- Partnership HealthPlan of California Medicaid and/or Medicare provider
PCP Subject Exclusion Criteria:
- Prohibition by clinic director
Patient Subject Inclusion Criteria:
- Partnership HealthPlan of California Medicaid and/or Medicare enrollee;
- Age 65+ or < 65 with a life-limiting illness (including advanced cardiac disease
[end-stage congestive heart failure, severe coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy
(LVEF <25%)], advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, amputation due to
vascular disease, cancer [metastatic/recurrent], dementia, diabetes mellitus with
creatinine clearance under 50, or an amputation, end stage renal disease, generalized
debility and decreased functioning, long term resident of skilled nursing facility,
stroke [w/at least 50% decreased function]);
- Internet access (computer, tablet, phone)
Patient Subject Exclusion Criteria:
- Completion of a Partnership HelathPlan of California advance care planning
attestation form within the last 12 months;
- Inability to read English
Locations and Contacts
Partnership HealthPlan-contracting provider groups in Northern California, Fairfield, California 94534, United States
Additional Information
Starting date: April 2014
Last updated: April 13, 2015
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