New England Donor Services Blog

CMS Metrics Bias Against Large OPOs Endangers Organ Donation

Would you be surprised to learn that the green line above is an OPO projected to be CMS Tier 2 and the red line is an OPO projected to be CMS Tier 1?   This makes...

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Research Findings Show Racial Equity in Approaching Next-of-Kin for Organ Donation

A recently published peer-reviewed article in Critical Care Medicine, a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, found major that Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) approached families for organ donation at the same rates, regardless...

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Donation Experts Express Concerns that Policymakers were Provided Misinformation, Unsubstantiated Allegations and Defamatory Statements Rather than Facts.

The nation’s two foremost organizations representing expertise in donation and transplant warned federal policymakers this week that the US’ world leading system of organ donation and life-saving transplant will be jeopardized if policy is driven...

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Feds Threaten to Close Organ Donation Non-Profits Despite Record Donation and Transplant Levels

Despite record levels of donation and transplant, faulty federal regulations threaten the closure of  organ procurement organizations across the United States. The New Hampshire Bulleting is covering the issue indepth...   “We recognize no regulation...

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June 2024 A Record Month For Donation In New England

In June 2024, organ donation in New England attained a new monthly record high when New England Donor Services as coordinated a record breaking 64 organ donors resulting in 154 life-saving organs for transplant from those donors....

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