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FAQ: Shared Decision Making Tool

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Q:

In the Public Comment section of the February 18, 2018 ICD Final Decision Memo (CAG-00157R4), CMS responded to a comment with the following statement:

“CMS believes in the importance of an evidenced based tool but they are not specifying the type of tool that is required. They do provide an example of an evidence based decision aid for patients with heart failure who are at risk for sudden cardiac death and are considering an ICD. This tool was funded by the National Institutes on Aging and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and can be found at https://patientdecisionaid.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ICD-Infographic-5.23.16.pdf. CMS notes that this tool is based on published clinical research and interviews with patients and includes discussion of the option for future ICD deactivation.”

I noticed that there is a copyright notice on the last page of this tool. Are providers allowed to use this tool “as is” for their Shared Decision Making Encounter with individual patients?

A:

This tool can be found on the Colorado Program for Patient Centered Decisions website. Included on this website are “Terms of Use.” MMP reached out to the contact listed on this page and asked your question. Dan D. Matlock, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine indicated that “our tools are publicly available for clinic/patient use.”

As a reminder, the Implementation Date for providing a Shared Decision Making Encounter as well as all other changes to the NCD is March 26, 2019. You can read more about all of the changes being implemented in MLN Matters MM10865

Article Author: Beth Cobb, RN, BSN, ACM, CCDS
Beth Cobb, RN, BSN, ACM, CCDS, is the Manager of Clinical Analytics at Medical Management Plus, Inc. Beth has over twenty-five years of experience in healthcare including eleven years in Case Management at a large multi-facility health system. In her current position, Beth is a principle writer for MMP’s Wednesday@One weekly e-newsletter, an active member of our HIPAA Compliance Committee, MMP’s Education Department Program Director and co-developer of MMP’s proprietary Compliance Protection Assessment Tool.

This material was compiled to share information.  MMP, Inc. is not offering legal advice. Every reasonable effort has been taken to ensure the information is accurate and useful.