• Monkeypox and Solid Organ Donation
  Thursday, August 4, 2022
  The OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC) is evaluating this situation as it develops.
  

• Public Comment open from Aug. 3 through Sept. 28, 2022
  Wednesday, August 3, 2022
  The OPTN is offering 15 items for review, including one white paper, one committee update, three concept papers, and 10 policy proposals.
  

• Updated National Liver Review Board guidance now in effect
  Wednesday, July 27, 2022
  Updates made to guidance for HCC and adult MELD exceptions.
  

• Two-year monitoring report summarizes National Liver Review Board activity
  Monday, July 25, 2022
  Report covers activity since the implementation of the acuity circles liver allocation policy.
  

• Two new transplant performance metrics now in effect, are first phase of enhanced monitoring system
  Tuesday, July 19, 2022
  New system will more holistically evaluate program performance.
  

• Assessment in progress of newly identified death data
  Wednesday, July 13, 2022
  Most newly identified deaths occurred prior to current periods of analysis.
  

• OPTN Offer Filters, an innovative tool that increases efficiency, is available to all U.S. kidney programs
  Thursday, July 7, 2022
  Programs can use both custom and recommended filters in their acceptance processes.
  

• One-year monitoring report shows increase in kidney transplants following policy changes
  Friday, July 1, 2022
  Report captures first 12 months of data after implementation of 250 nautical mile circles.
  

• OPTN Board approves elimination of race-based calculation for transplant candidate listing
  Tuesday, June 28, 2022
  The action, to take effect July 27, will ensure that all candidates are consistently assessed in an equitable fashion.
  

• 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.
  

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