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CMS Issues IOTA Model Proposed Rule

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Dec. 9 issued a proposed rule that would make changes to the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model beginning July 1, 2026.
Organ Transplantation

CMS proposes changes to Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 9 issued a proposed rule that would make changes to the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model beginning July 1, 2026.
Organ Transplantation

Kidney transplant patient, surgeons advance organ transplantation with groundbreaking procedure

In mid-March 2024, surgeons from the transplant center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a 62-year old man with end-stage kidney disease.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Organ Transplantation

A patient cuts his foot at a bonfire. Now he’s part of a major milestone for M Health Fairview

By serving as “kidney transplant patient 10,001,” Dale Sorensen becomes the face of M Health Fairview’s major milestone.
Telling the Hospital Story, Promoting Healthy Communities, Organ Transplantation

Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center Performs Milestone 300th Organ Transplant on Grateful 37-Year-Old Patient from Teaneck

For some people a lucky number might be a winning lotto ticket. Thirty-seven-year old Jose Vasquez of Teaneck, NJ, did win the lotto in a manner of speaking. His fortunate number: 300.
Telling the Hospital Story, Promoting Healthy Communities, Organ Transplantation
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Renown Health makes history with first living donor transplant in Nevada

Renown Health in Reno, Nev., one of only 250 transplant centers nationwide, recently reached a historic milestone by successfully performing its first living donor kidney transplant.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Patient care and Information, Organ Transplantation
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Illinois hospital launches pediatric heart transplant program

East Chicago, Ind., teen Nataly Paramó became the first pediatric heart transplant recipient at the Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Child and Adolescent Health, Organ Transplantation
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Vanderbilt surgeons first in Tennessee to use new kidney preservation technology

Protecting donor kidneys is key when it comes to ensuring the survival of as many of those people as possible. Now a new technology is giving potential kidney recipients in Tennessee new hope.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Organ Transplantation
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Mass General team performs second xenotransplant of genetically edited pig kidney

Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed its second successful transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney into a living recipient in January 2025.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Care Delivery, Innovation/New Models of Care, Organ Transplantation
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Special Bulletin: CMMI Issues Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model Final Rule

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Nov. 26 finalized a new mandatory payment model that will begin on July 1, 2025 and test whether hospital performance-based incentive payments or penalties will increase access to kidney transplants while preserving or enhancing the quality of care and reducing Medicare expenditures. The rule also includes standard provisions that will apply to all CMMI models whose first performance period begins on or after Jan. 1, 2025.
Organ Transplantation, Reimbursement