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CMS Proposes New Payment Model for Some Kidney Transplant Programs

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In its continuing efforts to improve the organ donation and transplant system and promote health equity, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...more

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Congress Authorizes Competitive Multivendor Contracts in U.S. Organ Transplant System

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This new legislation supports the Health Resources and Services Administration ("HRSA") modernization initiative announced in March, including several actions to strengthen accountability and transparency in the Organ...more

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New HHS Guidance on Solid Organ Transplantation: Reducing Risk and Increasing Availability

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Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) and transplant centers should take note: as expected, and as outlined in our recent organ procurement and transplant alert, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...more

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New rules proposed to increase accountability and availability of the organ transplant supply

Compliance Today (February 2020)  - On December 17, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced in a press release, “As directed by President Trump in his July 10 Executive Order on Advancing American...more

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Organ Procurement Organizations: CMS Proposes Revisions to Conditions For Coverage Designed To Increase Donated Organs

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On July 10, 2019, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled Advancing American Kidney Health. The Executive Order stated that the “state of care for patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease...more

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HHS Proposes Rules to Increase Availability of Donated Organs

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On December 17, 2019, CMS and HRSA announced two proposed rules intended to: (1) enforce accountability from Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO) for their performance; and (2) promote more organ donations from living...more

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Trump’s Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health: What It Means for Patients and Providers

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On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, President Trump signed the “Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health,” in order to revamp kidney disease treatments and organ donation systems in the United States. Because tens of...more

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District Court Orders HHS to Immediately Cease New Liver Transplant Allocation Policy

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On May 15, 2019, United States District Judge Amy Totenberg ordered HHS to “immediately cease and desist” from further implementing its April 2019 liver allocation policy pending appellate review in Callahan, et al. v. Azar,...more

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Coalition of Senators Voice Concerns Over Liver Distribution Policy Changes

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On January 22, 2019, twenty-two (22) Senators sent a bipartisan letter to HHS (the Letter) to voice their concerns over a change in the national liver distribution policy adopted on December 3, 2018 (Revised Policy), by the...more

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Also In The News - Health Headlines - May 2015 #2

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CMS Publishes Corrected Comment Deadline for FY 2016 IPPS and LTCH Proposed Rule; Comments Due by June 16, 2015 – On May 5, 2015, CMS published in the Federal Register a corrected comment period for the FY 2016 Medicare IPPS...more

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