• OPTN Board approves waiting time adjustment for kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based calculation
  Thursday, January 5, 2023
  Race-inclusive eGFR calculations have been shown to disadvantage Black people with kidney disease.
  

• OPTN Board approved measures to support new lung allocation policy
  Thursday, January 5, 2023
  Other board actions include approving waiting time modifications for Black kidney candidates disadvantaged by race-inclusive calculations, and updates to NLRB guidance.
  

• Transplant patient webinar addresses upcoming changes to lung distribution
  Wednesday, December 28, 2022
  The OPTN will host a webinar for transplant patients to learn about upcoming changes to lung distribution.
  

• Three-month monitoring report for heart policy following a device recall now available
  Wednesday, December 21, 2022
  Report shows key measures of adult heart allocation based on policy changes implemented in July 2022.
  

• Two-year monitoring report available for the elimination of the use of DSAs in heart allocation
  Tuesday, December 20, 2022
  Report shows key measures of adult heart allocation based on policy changes implemented in January 2020.
  

• Nominees chosen for 2023 Board of Directors election
  Friday, December 16, 2022
  Voting members will receive election materials in January 2023.
  

• Simulated modeling results now available for continuous distribution of kidney and pancreas
  Wednesday, December 14, 2022
  Report evaluates and compares several potential scenarios, will inform committees in their work.
  

• OPTN using a collaborative improvement model to increase DCD lung transplantation
  Wednesday, December 14, 2022
  29 lung transplant programs are participating in the project.
  

• Monkeypox educational document available for transplant candidates
  Monday, December 5, 2022
  Resource addresses risks, treatment and prevention.
  

• OPTN budget and registration fee for new fiscal year under review
  Thursday, November 10, 2022
  The Fiscal Year 2023 budget and registration fee for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) are currently under review. The OPTN registration fee will continue at $868 until further notice.
  

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