Report Cards and Feedback for PCCE

Description

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.

Conditions

Behavioral Economics, Primary Health Care, Health Maintenance

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

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.

The Effect of Personalized Report Cards and Bottom-up Framing on PCCE Performance and Attitudes

Report Cards and Feedback for PCCE

Condition
Behavioral Economics
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

UCLA Health Department of Medicine, Quality Office, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 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
  • * 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.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, Los Angeles,

Richard Leuchter, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, UCLA Health

Study Record Dates

2025-10-31