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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - June 2024

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KCP supports House bill to restore original intent of Medicare Secondary Payer Act - Kidney Care Partners (KCP) commends the 36 co-sponsors of the bill before the House, who come from both sides of the aisle and represent...more

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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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Health Care Week in Review: House Held a Markup of Telehealth Legislation; CMS Introduced a New Model to Improve the Kidney...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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Health Care Week in Review: HRSA Issues Requests For Proposals As Part Of Initiative To Reform The Organ Transplant System;...

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Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more

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White House Expected to Sign Law Opening Competitive Bidding for Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Activities

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White House Expected to Sign Law Opening Competitive Bidding for Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Activities On July 27, 2023, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 2544 - Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and...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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HHS Announces Major Reforms in Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Modernization Initiative

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On March 22, 2023, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an HHS subagency, announced major reforms for the nation’s organ transplant system. Chief among the reforms is to increase competition and...more

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Dialysis & Nephrology Digest - July 2022

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SCOTUS sides with OH-based medical plan in dispute with DaVita over dialysis reimbursements - In a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Benefit Plan in a case that hinged...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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Federal Court Partially Grants Motion to Dismiss Clearing Way for New HHS Liver Allocation Policy to Go into Effect

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On January 21, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted in part and denied in part a motion challenging a new HHS policy for allocating livers to transplant patients in the United States. The...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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Eleventh Circuit Denies Preliminary Injunction for New National Liver Transplant Allocation Policy

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On September 25, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision to deny a motion for a preliminary injunction to stay the implementation of the new policy for allocating...more

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President Trump Issues Executive Order Aimed at Kidney Health in America

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On July 10, 2019, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health aimed at reducing the number of patients developing kidney failure, having fewer Americans receiving dialysis in dialysis...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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