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  1. 42 U.S.C. § 299b-36.

  2. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Decision Memo for Screening for Lung Cancer with Low Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) (CAG-00439N). CMS website 2015; https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=274.

  3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Decision Memo for Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure Therapy (CAG-00445N). CMS website 2016; https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=281.

  4. Wash. H.B. 2318 (2012), enacted as 2012 Laws Ch. 101, codified at Wash. Rev. Code § 7.70.060(4).

  5. http://www.hca.wa.gov/sites/default/files/program/2017-pda-criteria.pdf.

  6. http://ipdas.ohri.ca/.

  7. http://www.hca.wa.gov/about-hca/healthier-washington/patient-decision-aids-pdas.

  8. http://www.hca.wa.gov/about-hca/healthier-washington/shared-decision-making.

  9. Wash. S.B. 5930 (2007), enacted as 2007 Laws Ch. 259 § 3; codified at Wash. Rev. Code § 7.70.060.

  10. New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, 285 U.S. 262, 311 (1932) (Brandeis, J., dissenting).

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  2. Washington Health Care Authority, Olympia, WA, USA

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Pope, T.M., Lessler, D. Revolutionizing Informed Consent: Empowering Patients with Certified Decision Aids. Patient 10, 537–539 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-017-0230-3

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