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CMS Updates Minimum Standards of Care for Organ Procurement Organizations, Including Revisions to Outcome Measurements (CMS-3380-F)

On November 20, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a fact sheet and final rule that updates the conditions that Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) must meet in order to have their services covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Fifty-eight OPOs operate in the U.S. as not-for-profit organizations responsible for recovering organs from [...] Read More

CMS, HRSA Release Proposed Rules Related to Organ Procurement Organizations, Live Organ Donation

Overview On December 17, 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that would change outcome performance measures for organ procurement organizations (OPO)s. In addition, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) simultaneously released a proposed rule that adds new categories of reimbursable expenses in order to incentivize living organ [...] Read More