Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medicare Annual Wellness Visit Uptake

Inclusion Criteria

• •≥1 in-person primary care visit during 18-month lookback period AND
• •Medicare or Medicare Advantage insurance AND
• •≥1 risk factor shown to be associated with being overdue for Medicare Annual Wellness Visits (identified in preparatory analysis prior to pilot trial): Black/African American race or Latino/Hispanic ethnicity OR Not up-to-date for social needs screening OR Positive social need in past 18 months OR Medicaid insurance OR No use of scheduling features within patient portal in past 18 months
• •Preferred language English AND
• •Attributed primary care clinic is 1 of the participating clinics in the pilot trial AND
• •No AWV completion (CPT G0402, G0438, G0439, G0468) during 10-month lookback period AND
• •No appointment scheduled for upcoming AWV