Report Cards and Feedback for PCCE

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of California, Los Angeles

About this trial

As part of UCLA Health's commitment to developing an integrated health system built on a foundation of physician-led, team-based primary care, the Department of Medicine (DOM) implemented a performance-based incentive plan called the Primary Care Clinical Excellence (PCCE) Incentive Plan.

The UCLA Health DOM Quality team is leading the implementation and evaluation of this incentive plan across the UCLA Health primary care network, with the primary goal to immediately produce improvements in the quality of primary care. In order to rigorously measure the most efficacious ways to frame and communicate information about the quality improvement (QI) program, the DOM Quality team has partnered with the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Understanding the factors that motivate physicians to deliver high quality primary care will provide pivotal insights into the successful implementation of performance based programs nationwide.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Primary care physicians within the UCLA Health Department of Medicine Primary Care Network that are eligible for the PCCE Incentive program as of October 1, 2023.

Physicians with the clinical full-time employee level (FTE) of ≥ 40% as of October 1, 2023

Physicians with panel size >50 patients as of October 1, 2023

Disqualifiers

Physicians classified as Pediatrics will be excluded from data analysis given the structural differences in health maintenance guidelines for children.

Physicians classified as Urgent Care will be excluded from data analysis given the structural differences in their performance evaluation. They are all in Arm 1.

Physicians who participate in the design of this experiment will be excluded from analysis.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Standard Communication Email
  • Personalized Report Card Email
  • Bottom-Up Framing

Treatment groups

330 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups