• Report identifies 2007 transplant trends
  Tuesday, April 22, 2008
  More than 50 experts from many areas of the transplant community contributed to the annual report.
  

• Data show marked decrease in heart transplant waiting list mortality after OPTN policy change
  Friday, February 22, 2008
  Waiting list deaths among heart transplant candidates have dramatically decreased since a 2006 policy change in heart allocation.
  

• Board addresses member probation, living donor resource
  Thursday, February 21, 2008
  The board of directors withdrew the status of probation for Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego.
  

• Board approves resource regarding informed consent of potential living donors
  Tuesday, September 18, 2007
  The OPTN/UNOS Living Donor Committee developed the document.
  

• Board approves new bylaws for living donor transplant programs
  Tuesday, September 18, 2007
  The new bylaws require programs performing living donor transplantation to have written protocols.
  

• St. Vincent Medical Center status moved to probation
  Tuesday, August 21, 2007
  Status was previously member not in good standing.
  

• Board ends probation for UC Irvine Medical Center
  Tuesday, June 26, 2007
  The board also addressed living donor follow-up.
  

• Justice department finds paired donation consistent with federal law
  Thursday, April 5, 2007
  Paired exchanges of living donor kidney transplants do not count as "valuable consideration" under federal law.
  

• CMS regulation addresses transplant program conditions of participation
  Thursday, April 5, 2007
  A final rule regarding Medicare transplant program certification Medicare is effective June 28, 2007.
  

• Board addresses protocols for donation after cardiac death
  Friday, March 23, 2007
  The board also adopted a set of standards for transplant surgeons and physicians.
  

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