• OPTN Board approves improvements to medical urgency scoring of liver transplant candidates
  Tuesday, June 28, 2022
  The actions will increase the equity of access to liver transplant, and were among a number of additional measures adopted by the board.
  

• One-year monitoring report available for pancreas allocation policies
  Friday, June 24, 2022
  Report captures first 12 months of data after implementation of 250 nautical mile circles.
  

• Report lists median MELD at transplant score for each donor hospital
  Thursday, June 23, 2022
  Donor hospital scores will be used effective June 28.
  

• OPTN research presented at 2022 American Transplant Congress
  Tuesday, June 14, 2022
  Meeting held in Boston June 4-8.
  

• OPTN Board of Directors expected to require transplant hospitals to use race-neutral calculations in assessing patients
  Tuesday, June 14, 2022
  Changes will reduce disparities and increase equity in access to transplant.
  

• 2023-2024 Call for Nominations for OPTN Board of Directors and Committees
  Wednesday, June 1, 2022
  Apply by Sept. 30 to be considered for 2023 vacancies.
  

• Interactive visualizations now available as part of policy development for kidney and pancreas allocation
  Thursday, May 26, 2022
  Sensitivity tools help analyze effects of specific potential changes.
  

• June 14 webinar addresses median MELD at transplant based on donor hospital
  Friday, May 20, 2022
  Session will address questions regarding upcoming policy implementation.
  

• Updated modify data submission policies coming in August 2022
  Monday, May 2, 2022
  New requirements under revisions to OPTN Policy 18: Data Submission Requirements include a data lock provision to make changes to eight data forms. The data lock will go into effect in August.
  

• OPTN death verification process improvements will yield updated numbers beginning in April 2022
  Wednesday, April 27, 2022
  Additional deaths to be included in Center STAR files and national STAR files.
  

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