2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Families' Perspectives of the Harms of Failed Donation After Circulatory Death: A Qualitative Analysis.
Introduction: We sought to identify harms perceived by families of patients who underwent an unsuccessful attempt to donate organs after circulatory death.Methods: We identified a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Awareness of Change in the Kidney Allocation System Among Dialysis Providers from Facilities with Low Waitlisting.
Background: In December 2014, the new kidney allocation system (KAS) was implemented and is expected to particularly benefit patients who have spent an extended time…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Social Support on Kidney Transplant Listing Decisions: Results from a Discrete Choice Experiment.
Background: Although the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require that social support be used to determine transplant eligibility, guidance is vague and centers vary…2017 American Transplant Congress
Disparities in Access to the Liver Transplant Wait List: A Statewide Analysis.
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background:Racial disparities in access to the liver transplant wait list for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) are thought to be attributable to differences in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Unintended Consequence of the New Kidney Allocation System – Disproportionate Allocation of High Quality Kidneys to Highly Sensitized Recipients.
Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Purpose: We hypothesize that improving access to highly sensitized candidates in new KAS would compromise the prime objective of matching the best kidney allografts and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Are ICD-9 V Codes Representative of the Liver Transplant Wait List?
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background: Disparities in liver transplantation once wait listed are well-described, but little is known about how and why only 20% of end-stage liver disease patients…2017 American Transplant Congress
Reduction in Kidney Offer Acceptance at Centers Undergoing Systems Improvement Agreements.
Kidney transplant centers flagged twice by CMS for poor outcomes enter a Systems Improvement Agreement (SIA) if they fail to demonstrate mitigating factors. Motivated to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Opioid and Opioid Substitution Therapy in Liver Transplant Candidates: A Survey of Center Policies and Practices.
Background: Chronic opioid use for pain and opioid substitution therapy (OST) are common among patients with cirrhosis. Little is known of transplant center policies and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Economics Post Implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the Budget Control Act Sequestration Adjustment on Medicare Reimbursement.
1VUMC, Nashville; 2Tx Mgmt Group, San Diego; 3Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
Purpose: Adjustments in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 and sequestration from the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011 have impacted Medicare reimbursement for…2017 American Transplant Congress
Potential Barriers Hindering Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors from Donating Their Kidneys.
A. While non-directed kidney donation in the United States is a growing concept that demonstrates the next level of altruism in the U.S., there are…
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