Can AI help nurses guide At-Risk seniors to better care and lower costs?
NCT ID NCT07804095
First seen Sep 04, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether an AI system that flags at-risk Medicare Advantage members and suggests care actions, reviewed by a nurse, can reduce overall healthcare spending over a year. About 9,900 participants in Utah are assigned to either this AI-supported navigation or usual care. The study tracks total payer-paid costs and acute-care episodes like hospital visits to see if proactive, AI-assisted guidance makes a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI-supported proactive care navigation with nurse review
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this approach could help health systems identify at-risk patients earlier and guide them to appropriate care, potentially reducing hospitalizations and overall healthcare spending.
- What could go wrong
- The intervention relies on AI predictions and nurse judgment, which may not always catch the right patients or actions. Also, results from one health system in Utah may not apply to other populations or regions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 9,906 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: •.Enrolled in an eligible Medicare Advantage plan and attributed to Intermountain Health in Utah. * Continuous Medicare Advantage enrollment for at least 6 months before the index date. * PRM Rising-Risk score (an internally derived prediction model) of at least 0.70 and Current-Risk score below 0.95 at index * Predicted year-over-year cost increase of at least 30%. * At least one targeted chronic condition: diabetes mellitus, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, or hyperlipidemia. Exclusion Criteria: * Hospice enrollment at index. * End-stage renal disease requiring chronic dialysis at index. * Active oncology treatment at index. * Long-term institutional residence, including skilled-nursing-facility residence, at index. * Primary language cannot be supported through patient-directed outreach and no feasible alternative care-team communication pathway is available.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Intermountain Health - ASCEND-MA Statewide Cohort
Murray, Utah, 84107, United States
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