Improvements to MELD and PELD now in effect
Resources and education available for patients and clinicians
Changes to security personnel requirements and reporting
Changes to security personnel requirements and reporting to be implemented following policy changes approved by the OPTN Board of Directors.
Improvements to MELD, PELD, Status 1A and Status 1B to take effect July 13
Educational and resource materials are available to support implementation.
Pre-implementation notice: New transplant performance metric to go into effect July 27
A new risk-adjusted pre-transplant performance monitoring metric – the offer acceptance rate ratio – will take effect July 27, 2023.
New data fields available June 29 to prepare for simultaneous heart-kidney and lung-kidney allocation
Updating data in advance will ensure candidates get priority when the policy takes effect.
Safety net policies for kidney-after-heart and kidney-after-lung allocation in effect June 29
Candidates who meet criteria will get additional kidney allocation priority.