Additional provisions adopted to upcoming kidney, pancreas distribution system
Refinements to kidney and pancreas policy to be adopted with new policy approved in December 2019.
Pre-implementation system notice: Modification of the lung transplant recipient follow-up form (TRF)
Begining June 30, 2020, lung and heart-lung transplant programs will be required to provide additional data.
Implementation notice: Extension of HOPE Act participation to all organ types
Solid organ transplants of any organ type may now be performed under the terms of the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act.
Pre-implementation system notice: VCA distribution to be based on fixed distance circle of 500 nautical miles
Effective June 18, vascular composite allograft offers will first be made to compatible transplant candidates listed at VCA programs within a radius of 500 nautical miles of the donor.
System notice: Reactivation of liver candidates to MELD or PELD score without entering new lab values
Effective May 6, 2020, a transplant program reactivating a liver transplant candidate to a MELD or PELD status in Waitlist is no longer required to input updated lab values to support the listing.
Pre-implementation notice: Extension of HOPE Act participation to all organ types
Participation has previously been limited to kidney and liver transplantation.