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The winter 2021 public comment cycle opens Jan. 21 and will close March 23. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is offering six proposals, two requests for feedback, and one white paper for public comment.

Comments and replies will be published here on the OPTN website to promote transparency and trust in the national transplant system.

This holiday season, organ placement specialists are working around the clock in the UNOS Organ Center to help place lifesaving organs across the country. Here’s their holiday message for everyone touched by transplant. We wish you all a healthy and peaceful New Year!

Pediatric transplant program components

The Board of Directors of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, at a virtual meeting held Dec. 7, approved pediatric components for 268 heart, kidney, liver, lung and pancreas transplant programs. Effective Dec. 8, any candidate younger than age 18 must be listed at one of these programs

Implementation date:

• Dec. 3: Heart, lung, heart-lung, liver and intestine

At-a-glance

For heart, lung, heart-lung, liver and intestine programs, local donor acceptance criteria in Waitlist℠ have been updated in order to provide additional efficiency in organ allocation. Transplant programs should evaluate their current settings.

Summary of changes

With the transition away from donation service area (DSA) as a

This final rule revises the Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) to increase donation rates and organ transplantation rates by replacing the current outcome measures with new transparent, reliable, and objective outcome measures and increasing competition for open donation service areas (DSAs).

Audience

• Primary Data Coordinators, Physicians, Program Administrators and Surgeons at heart and lung programs
• Transplant Program’s Clinical Coordinators, Administrators/Managers, Program Directors, Medical Directors and Surgical Directors at heart and lung programs
• Please share this notice with anyone in your organization who would benefit from this information

Implementation date
Oct. 28, 2020

At-a-glance statement

The following changes to the diagnosis code drop

Preliminary results of the 2018 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network modified adult heart allocation revision show the policy is achieving its intended goals.

United Network for Organ Sharing research led by research science manager Rebecca Goff, Ph.D., analyzed OPTN data, including early outcomes, geographical distribution, and waitlist and transplant characteristics, a year before, and a year