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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.
Advisory
Member

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.
Stories

This Pennsylvania Health System Goes Blue and Green Each April. Here’s Why.

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.
Stories

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.
Special Bulletin
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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.