• May 2025: Annual kidney allocation calculator updates
  Wednesday, May 21, 2025
  Reference populations have been updated for the KDPI and EPTS calculators.
  

• Clarification – HOPE Act IRB protocols and individual IRB candidate applicability
  Wednesday, May 14, 2025
  An IRB can be created even for a single transplant candidate.
  

• Special Election Update: Vote now for OPTN Regional Councillors
  Friday, May 2, 2025
  Vote now for Regional Councillors who will serve on the OPTN Board of Directors.
  

• Special Election Update: Announcement of election dates
  Tuesday, April 29, 2025
  OPTN members to vote on the final slate of candidates.
  

• Apply now: OPTN Executive Director
  Thursday, April 10, 2025
  Submissions accepted through May 12th, 2025.
  

• One-year monitoring report addresses liver exception guidance for multivisceral candidates
  Friday, April 4, 2025
  More transplants are being done for candidates with exceptions.
  

• Updated median MELD at transplant scores in effect March 26; median PELD at transplant score unchanged
  Wednesday, March 26, 2025
  Individual values are updated twice each year.
  

• Monitoring reports address liver transplant initiatives
  Monday, March 24, 2025
  Activity tracked for updates in how candidates are considered for exception scores for liver transplantation.
  

• HOPE Act special public comment open from March 21 through April 22
  Friday, March 21, 2025
  Proposed revisions to HIV policies align with Federal Regulatory Updates.
  

• One-year monitoring report for updated liver urgency policy shows progress
  Friday, March 21, 2025
  Female MELD candidates had larger transplant rate increase.
  

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