Articles tagged "Public policy"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Do CMS Oversight and the Systems Improvement Agreement Really Change Institutional Behavior?
C. Hoopes
University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: A Systems Improvement Agreement (SIA) is a voluntary and binding legal agreement between CMS and a Medicare certified hospital designed to address Condition level…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Sensitized Lung Candidates Experience Reduced Access to Donor Organs
K. Lindblad¹, R. Goff², D. Stewart²
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²UNOS, Richmnd, VA
*Purpose: Most studies of sensitization in transplant candidates have focused on kidney candidates, and unacceptable antigens (UAs) for non-kidney candidates are believed to be underreported.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Equity in Access to Kidney Transplants by Race/ethnicity in the Covid-19 Era
D. Stewart¹, A. Robinson², K. Bradbrook², A. Wilk², D. Klassen³
¹United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ²Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, ³Chief Medical Officer, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on minority populations has been well documented, and it is conceivable that disparities in access to kidney…
2021 American Transplant Congress
A Fresh Look at Urbanicity and Its Impact on Additions to the Kidney and Liver Transplant Wait Lists
W. R. Johnson, S. A. Rega, I. D. Feurer, S. J. Karp
General Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: Our aim is to examine the collective effects of social determinants of health (SDH) on kidney and liver wait list additions in the United…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Comparative Outcomes of TPIAT in African American and Caucasian Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis
M. A. Kanak, J. B. Spriggs, P. Coughenour, J. Kalivarathan, P. Saravanan, M. F. Levy
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: Total pancreatectomy with islet auto-transplantation (TPIAT) is becoming the standard of care for patients with chronic pancreatitis, as it provides pain relief and improved…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Challenges and Stressors of COVID-19 Kidney and Transplant Patients: A Mixed Methods Study
Y. A. Iraheta¹, A. L. Murillo², E. H. Wood¹, S. M. Advani³, R. Pines⁴, A. D. Waterman¹
¹UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Terasaki Institute, Los Angeles, CA, ³National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁴Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA
*Purpose: To assess the unique needs of at-risk kidney and transplant patients and their caregivers during COVID-19, we established a telephone Listening Center enabling them…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Racial/ethnic Disparities Among Renal Transplant Recipients with Diabetes, Hypertension, and/or Dyslipidemia Due to Medicare Part D Star Ratings Criteria
M. Chisholm-Burns¹, C. Spivey¹, C. Tsang¹, L. E. Hines², J. Wang¹
¹University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, Memphis, TN, ²Pharmacy Quality Alliance, Alexandria, VA
*Purpose: Medication adherence is critical to positive outcomes in renal transplant recipients (RTRs), and policies have been designed encouraging adherence. For example, Medicare Part D…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Disparities in Living Donor Follow-up During the COVID-19 Emergency Suspension of OPTN Follow-up Reporting Requirements
S. E. Booker, A. Henderson, L. A. Cartwright, S. Taranto, D. Klassen, J. L. Wainright
UNOS, Richmond, VA
*Purpose: The OPTN temporarily suspended follow-up reporting requirements on 4/3/20 (retroactive to 3/13/20) in response to the COVID-19 crisis. We assessed the policy’s impact on…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Black Disparity in Access to Kidney Transplant Waitlist Worsens in Illinois After New Kidney Allocation System (kas)
S. Park¹, D. Simpson¹, N. Katariya², J. Friedewald³, B. Ho³, D. P. Ladner¹
¹Transplant Outcomes Research Collaborative, Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Transplant Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Transplant Nephrology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: We hypothesized racial/ethnic disparities to access the kidney transplant (KT) waitlist (WL) remain after the implementation of the new kidney allocation system (KAS) at…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Managing the Costs of Routine Follow-up Care After Living Kidney Donation: A Survey of Contemporary Experience, Practice & Challenges
K. Lentine¹, G. McNatt², R. Howey³, C. Thomas², R. Hays⁴, U. Lebron-Banks⁵, S. Ainapurapu¹, A. Tietjen⁶
¹Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Univ. Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³Toyon Associates, Concord, CA, ⁴Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁵New York-Presbyterian Hosp., New York, NY, ⁶St. Barnabas, Livingston, NJ
*Purpose: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Policy mandates that living kidney donor (LKD) programs collect and report clinical and laboratory follow-up information for living…