| Subject: | CMS Issues Final Rule for Organ Transplant Centers |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Wed, 25 Apr 2007 - 12:00 am |
| CMS has issued a final rule that establishes, for the first time, Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for heart, heart-lung, intestine, kidney, liver, lung and pancreas transplant centers. The rule sets forth clear expectations for safe, high-quality transplant service delivery in Medicare-participating facilities. Until now, kidney transplant facilities operated under conditions for coverage for suppliers of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) services; extra-renal organ transplants were... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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