Organ Transplantation
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) on May 17 proposed a new mandatory payment model that would test whether performance-based incentive payments paid to or owed by participating kidney transplant hospitals increase access to kidney transplants while preserving or enhancing the鈥
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.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 8 released a proposed rule for the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model, a new payment model that would test whether performance-based incentives or penalties for participating transplant hospitals would increase access to kidney transplants鈥
Penn State Health employees, College of Medicine faculty, staff and students show their support for organ donation on National Donate Life Blue & Green Day Friday by wearing blue and green.
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.
The Health Resources and Services Administration Feb. 6 requested vendor proposals to support changes to governance, technology and operation of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, as authorized by Congress last year.
Five surgery patients were diagnosed with tuberculosis, two of whom died, after receiving bone allografts last year from a deceased donor, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Jan. 4.
To the medical community, Lawrence Faucette鈥檚 life is notable for what his family deemed his 鈥渂rave adventure鈥 as the second-ever recipient of a genetically modified pig heart, which kept him alive for nearly six weeks after the transplant.
By serving as 鈥渒idney transplant patient 10,001,鈥 Dale Sorensen becomes the face of M Health Fairview鈥檚 major milestone.
As hospitals and health systems focus on digital transformation to address staffing shortages, efficiencies, and care processes to improve patient outcomes, the focus on technology to support clinical workflows has become part of the overall organizational strategy. Current systems are anchored in鈥