The goal of this randomized pilot study is to learn the impact of a primary care outreach intervention on the proportion of patients with Medicare insurance who are up-to-date on Medicare Annual Wellness Visit completion. At two clinics, researchers will randomize clinicians (and their associated, eligible patients) to early or delayed outreach.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
174
Mailed and telephone outreach to patient.
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Completion of Annual Wellness Visit
Binary (0/1) patient-level measure, based on presence of any CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes for Medicare preventive visits during follow-up period
Time frame: 6 months
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