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UNOS statement regarding Medicare billing guidance for organ transplant monitoring tests
UNOS statement regarding the Medicare billing guidance on molecular testing for solid organ allograft rejection
UNOS statement on draft OPTN request for proposals
UNOS CEO statement on the draft OPTN request for proposals issued on February 6, 2024
New task force sets bold goal of achieving 60K transplants by 2026
The OPTN Expeditious Task Force embarks on ambitious project to save more lives, increase efficiency.
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Kidney – Pancreas
Predictive analytics project to launch education in December 2022, is intended to increase organ utilization
All adult kidney programs will be able to evaluate organ offers using predictive data.
Implementation notice: Minimum kidney donor criteria established for biopsies
OPOs are now required to make a reasonable effort to perform renal procurement biopsies for deceased kidney donors meeting certain criteria.
Action required: KPD eligibility impacted by new HLA options
KPD programs must add DPA1 test results before Sept. 8.
Liver – Intestine
OPTN/UNOS Board approves updated liver distribution system
Will reduce geographic disparity, create consistent geographic areas
Liver distribution proposal advances for board consideration
The proposal would replace fixed, irregular local and regional geographic boundaries historically used to match liver candidates based on the donor location.
Learn more about National Liver Review Board
Webinar registration opens Nov. 6.
Heart – Lung
Lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS) calculator coming February 2023
The lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS) calculator will be available on the OPTN website beginning Feb. 2, 2023.
Two-year monitoring report available for the elimination of the use of DSAs in heart allocation
A new data report contains key measures of adult heart allocation based on policy changes implemented in January 2020.
Exception pathway for heart device recalls approved by OPTN Board of Directors
The OPTN Board of Directors approved the modification to OPTN Policy 6.4: Adult and Pediatric Status Exceptions to be a permanent part of OPTN policy at their Dec. 5 board meeting.
VCA
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Improving the system together
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UNet
UNet user audit now open
Site security administrators have four weeks to conduct a required audit of their UNet users.
UNet user audit begins June 12
Starting June 12, site security administrators will have four weeks to conduct a required audit of their UNet users. It must be completed by July 10.
New image study viewer available in DonorNet
New image study viewer provides improved image quality, especially on mobile devices, along with enhancements to the viewer tools.
“… policy is the living, breathing expression of group values.”
Martha Pavlakis, M.D.
Policy changes
Updated MMaT scores in effect Sept. 28
Effective Sept. 28, 2022, the median MELD at transplant (MMaT) values for liver transplant candidates with exception scores will be updated.
Implementation notice: Minimum kidney donor criteria established for biopsies
OPOs are now required to make a reasonable effort to perform renal procurement biopsies for deceased kidney donors meeting certain criteria.
New and changed data collection on TIEDI in effect
These policy changes impacting TIEDI forms were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in March 2022.
Policy monitoring
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Learn: Collaborative improvement and educational resources
IN FOCUS
2019: Record-setting year for living donation
Education has become an essential tool transplant programs are using to increase understanding and awareness of the procedure.
Collaboration
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Education
TMF 2021 keynote speaker Amy Hunter on healthcare disparities in African-American communities, effect on organ donation and transplantation
How healthcare activists and advocates can work to undo, dismantle and interrupt patterns that lead to disparities.
TMF 2021 presenter Ian Jamieson speaks on the importance of transplant center strategic planning
Duke University transplant hospital administrator Ian Jamieson will speak on how important it is for a multidisciplinary team to use strategic planning
Effective practices
Learn about collaborative improvement projects
Learn about issues impacting patients, donors, donor families, and the national system. Issues and advocacy
Patient safety
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Transplant hospital
Coming soon: Predictive analytics for adult kidney offers
The goal is to help decision makers make evidence-based decisions to benefit candidates when determining whether to accept or refuse an offer.
7 years of HOPE
Implemented in 2015 , the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act has given more than 350 living with HIV an opportunity to receive a lifesaving transplant from an HIV-positive donor.
Now in effect: New lung data collection fields to support lung continuous distribution
Two new fields are now in effect for lung data collection in preparation for lung continuous distribution, which is to be released in the first quarter of 2023.
OPO
Capital Pride: WRTC on being meaningful community advocates all year round
D.C. OPO’s LGBTQIA+ advocacy work increases organ donation.
A lasting legacy: Lisa Schaffner honored posthumously with newly renamed award
The late UNOS director of public communications helped establish an award recognizing advocates in 2010. Now, the same award has been renamed to honor its very first champion.
UNOS hosts briefing for congressional staff members
At the invitation of the Congressional Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Awareness Caucus, UNOS representatives presented a briefing on Capitol Hill on Jan. 29.
Histocompatibility
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