News

1/10/24: The OPTN Board unanimously approved updated requirements for member institutions to report events of particular concern due to patient safety risks.

12/21/23: OPTN will seek public comment on a series of proposed policies regarding the efficiency of the organ donation and transplant system.

12/21/23: See the list of nominees the OPTN Board of Directors approved for the annual board election, for the ballot opening in early 2024.

12/19/23: Read about a new report that evaluates key measures of a policy that set minimum donor criteria for when kidney biopsies must be performed by an OPO.

12/19/23: Learn how kidney transplant programs must attest by Jan. 3, 2024, that they have met requirements for eGFR waiting time modifications.

12/8/23: Read information from the OPTN Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) on the eGFR waiting time modifications deadline.

12/7/23: Learn how the CPRA calculation was adjusted for transplant candidates with certain HLA antigens listed, to align with OPTN policy.

12/7/23: At a Dec. 4, 2023 meeting, the OPTN Board of Directors restored full member privileges for Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa.

12/4/23: Read a message from the OPTN Board President on waiting time adjustments for kidney transplant candidates affected by eGFR race-based calculations.

12/4/23: Learn about a correction to the programming criteria for auto-approving a MELD or PELD exception score for a group of liver transplant candidates.