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CMS issues final rule for mandatory organ transplant payment model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 26 released a final rule for the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model.
HHS issues final rule expanding kidney and liver transplant access for people with HIV
The Department of Health and Human Services Nov. 26 issued a final rule that expands access to kidney and liver transplants for individuals with HIV by removing clinical research requirements.
CMS anticipates later start date for mandatory organ transplant payment model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced that they anticipate a later start date for the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model.
HRSA to begin awarding multi-vendor contracts for organ transplantation services
The Health Resources and Services Administration Sept. 19 announced that it will award multi-vendor contracts for organ transplantation services, continuing an overhaul of the national organ transplant system.
HRSA announces shift in organ transplant program governance
The Health Resources and Services Administration Aug. 29 announced that it awarded a contract to the American Institutes for Research to support the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Board of Directors.
Organ Donation and Transplant Alliance launches new educational guide, workshop
The Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance has created new resources for health care providers to encourage more organ donation and transplants.
AHA urges CMMI not to implement proposed mandatory organ transplant payment model
The AHA July 16 urged the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation not to implement its newly proposed Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model as currently constructed, expressing concerns about many of its design features.
CMS issues proposed rule for mandatory organ transplant payment model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 8 released a proposed rule for the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model, a new payment model that would test whether performance-based incentives or penalties for participating transplant hospitals would increase access to kidney transplants for patients with end-stage renal disease, while preserving or enhancing quality of care, improving equitable access to kidney transplant care, and reducing Medicare expenditures.
HRSA solicits contracts to transform Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
The Health Resources and Services Administration Feb. 6 requested vendor proposals to support changes to governance, technology and operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, as authorized by Congress last year.
CDC report on TB outbreak calls for better screening of bone allograft donors
Five surgery patients were diagnosed with tuberculosis, two of whom died, after receiving bone allografts last year from a deceased donor, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Jan. 4.