MPR NewsKidney transplant recipient is back home in Minnesota after two weeks in ICE custodyA kidney transplant recipient who had been in ICE custody in Texas for two weeks without …
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Kidney Transplantation
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Organ Donation
AHA provides recommendations to CMS on Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model
by News Sourceby News SourceThe AHA commented Feb. 9 on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule that would make changes to the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model beginning July 1. The AHA expressed …
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In Tongxin county, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, a hemodialysis room has brought new hope to uremia patients. Earlier, local kidney disease patients had to travel hundreds of kilometers each week …
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Liver Transplantation
Liver Transplant Access in the MELD 3.0 Era: Progress, Limitations, and Lingering Gaps
As liver transplantation continues to evolve, so too does the scoring system that determines which patients receive access to life-saving organs. In this segment of Liver Lineup: Updates and Unfiltered …
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There is a distinct and disproportionate incidence between a neighborhood’s systematic disadvantage and its residents who have end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) access to kidney transplantation (KT) and waitlisting, according to …
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 9 issued a proposed rule that would make changes to the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model beginning July 1, 2026. IOTA is …
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Dialysis
Pilot Dialysis Initiative Improves Access and Outcomes for Uninsured Patients
by News Sourceby News SourceA transitional dialysis program demonstrated a significant decrease in the use of emergency dialysis for uninsured patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), according to the findings of a pilot study …
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Liver Transplantation
Allocation Out of Sequence in Liver Transplantation Introduces Systematic Disparities in Access
New research is validating concerns about the fairness and transparency of allocation out of sequence (AOOS) in the context of liver transplantation, highlighting systematic disparities that favor a small subset …
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DOVER, N.H. — Not long after he woke from surgery in June, Bill Stewart made a pact with his newest organ. He wasn’t sure how long the thing would last. …
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Dialysis
Guidelines for the use of economic evaluation to inform policies around access to treatment for kidney failure
Hariharan, S., Israni, A. K. & Danovitch, G. Long-term survival after kidney transplantation. N. Engl. J. Med. 385, 729–743 (2021). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Himmelfarb, J., Vanholder, R., Mehrotra, …