OPTN Policy 9.3.F (Extensions of HCC Exceptions) was amended on February 5. It will restore automatic approval for exception extension requests for a subset of HCC candidates with treated lesions that fall below the eligibility criteria for an initial exception request.
Beginning February 3, you may receive organ offer notification e-mails from different Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.
Changes were implemented January 10, 2018.
The changes included modifications to the required eligibility criteria for candidates to receive an automatic extension of their currently approved HCC exception. They currently require review by their respective regional review board.
We updated the UNet KPD system to use the HLA equivalency tables in OPTN Policy 4: Histocompatibility.