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Liver treatment options added for HCC exception candidates

Liver treatment options added for HCC exception candidates

Jun 27, 2024 | Liver/intestine, News, UNet℠ system changes

Additional diagnosis code changes to be implemented in a later phase.

Offer Filters for liver and heart now available

Offer Filters for liver and heart now available

Jun 13, 2024 | Heart/lung, Liver/intestine, News, UNet℠ system changes

Offer Filters adds data-driven, multi-criteria filters to organ offers at a program level.

Offer Filters for liver and heart now available

Coming soon: Offer Filters for liver and heart allocation

May 16, 2024 | Heart/lung, Liver/intestine, News, OPO, Transplant hospital, UNet℠ system changes

The Offer Filters tool will become available for heart and liver transplant programs in UNet on June 13.

A decade of record increases in liver transplant

A decade of record increases in liver transplant

Feb 13, 2024 | In Focus, Liver/intestine, News

10,660 liver transplants, the most ever in a year.

Animated videos describe MELD, PELD formulas

Animated videos describe MELD, PELD formulas

Oct 20, 2023 | Education, Liver/intestine, News, Patient

Resource especially designed to inform transplant patients and their caregivers.

Now in effect: Changes to liver-kidney nautical mile threshold

Now in effect: Changes to liver-kidney nautical mile threshold

Sep 28, 2023 | Kidney/pancreas, Liver/intestine, News, OPO, Transplant hospital, UNet℠ system changes

The required share threshold for simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) allocation has expanded from 250 nautical miles to 500 nautical miles for eligible adult candidates (e.g., Status 1A or MELD of 29 or greater).

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