On Tuesday, May 30, Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the release of a final rule setting forth new quality measures and data reporting requirements that organ procurement organizations (OPOs) must meet to have their services covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
CMS received many comments on a proposed rule that was published on February 4, 2005. As a result, the final rule contains:
Three new outcome measures (similar to measures recommended by many commenters);
Requirements for reporting of OPO performance data;
New, objective criteria for selecting the winner of a competition for an open donation service area; and
A new appeals process for OPOs (which includes an OPO’s right to request reconsideration from CMS).
In order to ensure OPOs are able to continue organ procurement services without interruption, the final rule will re-certify all 58 OPOs through July 31, 2010 and allow their agreements with the Secretary to extend until January 31, 2011.
Please find the press release regarding this final rule through the link below.
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