Consumer Engagement to Increase Advance Care Planning: Patient Randomization

Consumer-directed Financial Incentives to Increase Advance Care Planning Among Medi-Cal Patients

This is a study of the effect of consumer-directed financial incentives on completion of advance care planning among Medi-Cal patients.

Older adults receiving primary care from one of three clinics contracting with Partnership HealthPlan of California, a multi-county Medi-Cal managed care plan will be mass randomized to receiving educational materials regarding advance care planning with or without a financial reward for completing advance care planning.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Partnership HealthPlan of California enrollee
• Receipt of primary care from one of 3 participating clinics (Ole, Petaluma, West County)
• Age > 65

Exclusion Criteria:

• > 75