Informed Consent for the Living Kidney Donor – Public Comment for OPTN
Here is my third and final public comment for this batch of OPTN’s proposed policies. Deadline is Friday, December 23rd, so you still have time to write and submit your own. In fact, I recommend you...
View ArticleGuest Post-Living Kidney Donor Follow-up Public Comment
OPTN Proposal to Establish Minimum Requirements for Living Donor Follow-UpDecember 23, 2011 Affected Policies/bylaws: 12.8.3.1 (Reporting Requirements); OPTN Bylaws, Appendix B, Attachment I, Section...
View ArticleGuest Post- Living Kidney Donor Informed Consent
The proposed minimum requirements are based on recommendations from the Joint Society Work Group (AST, ASTS, and NATCO) to the OPTN Living Donor Committee. Where is the American Society of Nephrology,...
View ArticleGuest Post- Living Kidney Donor Medical Evaluation Public Comment
The proposed minimum requirements are based on recommendations from the Joint Society Work Group (AST, ASTS, and NATCO) to the OPTN Living Donor Committee. Where is the American Society of Nephrology,...
View ArticleCue the Intermission Music
I’ve been up to my neck in another project recently (not the bathroom, although – sheesh), which has taken away from the blogging. Meanwhile, familiarize yourself with the latest OPTN proposed...
View ArticleProposed Kidney Allocation Policy Interpreted, part I
Much ado has been made already about an OPTN proposal to change how deceased donor kidneys are given to folks on the wait list, mostly focusing on the possibility that some people might not get a...
View ArticleProposed Kidney Allocation Policy Interpreted, part II
It’s election time again, which means 12 hour days training precinct election officials to keep the election safe and sound. But here’s a quickie… (See Part I…) Current: Kidneys are allocated to...
View ArticleProposed Kidney Allocation and Independent Donor Advocate Policies...
Today we have a guest post by Jane Zill, LICSW on OPTN’s proposed policies now up for public comment: The Board of the OPTN will vote on new allocation principles for deceased donor kidneys in June....
View ArticleListen to OPTN’s Board of Directors Meeting, June 24
Remember all those proposed policies I’ve been haranguing y’all to submit public comment on? Well, the meeting to discuss the feedback on those policies and their adoption (or not) will be discussed at...
View ArticleLatest from OPTN’s Living Donor Committee
OPTN’s Living Donor sent their latest report to OPTN’s Board of Directors a couple of weeks ago. The following are noteworthy highlights: 1. After CMS (Medicare) published the Final Rule in 2007,...
View ArticleMore Proposed Policies From OPTN Up for Comment
Commenting period is until December 5, 2014. Yes, any member of the public can submit comment via their online form. The first proposed policy is about informed consent for living kidney donors...
View ArticleProposed OPTN Policies Living Donors Should Care About
I encourage everyone who’s invested in the way the US transplant system functions to review *all* the proposed policies and submit informed comments. The following are the policies which affect living...
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