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CMS Announces Finalized Model to Improve Access to Kidney Transplants  

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), finalized a rule establishing a new, six-year mandatory model aimed at increasing access to kidney transplants while improving quality of care for people seeking kidney transplants. The Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model’s mandatory participation of transplant hospitals will help spur innovation by evenly distributing the model’s effects across the nation while engaging more specialists in value-based care.

The final rule builds on other federal initiatives dating back to 2018 to improve care for people with kidney disease, including the Burden Reduction Rule, the updated Organ Procurement Organization Conditions for Coverage, and the Kidney Care Choices and ESRD Treatment Choices models. The Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model also is an essential part of the HHS Organ Transplant Affinity Group’s [ https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/advisory-committees/organ-transplantation-affinity-group/index.html ] strategy, which coordinates a series of initiatives to strengthen the organ transplantation system.

In response to feedback to its proposed rule, the agency made significant revisions to the final rule to better support individuals with kidney disease and to reduce burden for participating transplant hospitals, which included delaying the model start date to July 1, 2025, to allow participants additional time to prepare.

The final rule for the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model is available on the Federal Register at https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2024-27841/medicare-program-alternative-payment-model-updates-and-the-increasing-organ-transplant-access-model. It also includes standard provisions applicable to all mandatory CMS Innovation Center models starting on or after January 1, 2025.

More information can be found in the press release [ https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-new-model-improve-access-kidney-transplants ] for the finalized rule.

The list of hospitals selected to participate [ https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/files/iota-participant-dsa-list.xlsx ] in the model is available on the model’s webpage [ https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/iota/ ].

For updates on the model, register for the model listserv [ https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/uscms/subscriber/new?topic_id=uscms_13144 ]. 

Questions about the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model can be submitted to CMMItransplant@cms.hhs.gov.

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https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2024-27841/medicare-program-alternative-payment-model-updates-and-the-increasing-organ-transplant-access-model

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