The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has decided not to test one of its planned shared decision-making models because of a lack of accountable care organization participants. “After careful ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center has announced two new models designed to increase Medicare beneficiary engagement in their healthcare decisions. The shared decision ...

A new report published by the Urban Institute suggests that CMS’ Oncology Care Model could be substantially improved by incorporating a formal framework for shared decision making between patients and ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center, which is expected to be among the Affordable Care Act casualties of the Trump administration, has announced two new models designed to ...

We found that providers are comprehensive in the factors they consider when recommending clinical trials. The two most frequently stated factors were performance status (89%) and patient preferences ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cosmetic surgery and aesthetic medicine are natural fields in which shared decision-making should be applied to ...

The National Quality Forum is calling on clinicians to make shared-decision making a common standard of care for all patients, settings and conditions. In addition to calling for providers, patients, ...

How is collaborative decision making different from shared decision making? Let us consider the case of an HIV positive patient who is reluctant to start taking medication for which there is a clear ...

Shared decision making has been taught to clinicians for years, but it is especially crucial when treating multiple sclerosis (MS) due to the importance of treatment adherence, according to June ...

Patients are often faced with difficult healthcare decisions, particularly when choosing treatment options for a medical condition. Historically, physicians made treatment decisions for patients.

CMS will no longer test the Shared Decision Making model, because it didn’t generate enough interest among ACO participants. The agency was originally looking for 50 ACOs to participate in the ...