The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a six-year mandatory model to increase access to kidney transplants, the agency announced Nov. 26. First proposed in May, the Increasing ...

The model aims to increase kidney transplants, improve care quality, and reduce disparities nationwide, involving 103 hospitals in diverse regions. Hospitals are incentivized to perform more ...

The mandatory model will give performance-based payments and penalties to participating transplant centers. The Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model (IOTA), the 6-year mandatory model to increase ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American Society of Transplantation is asking CMS to delay the start of a new payment model aimed at ...

On July 1, 2025, CMS launched the mandatory Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model, requiring about 100 randomly selected kidney transplant hospitals to participate in a six-year program that ...

A new final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week for a mandatory alternative payment model called the Increasing ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has unveiled a new mandatory model proposal it says will improve access for individuals needing kidney transplants, reduce disparities and help ...

In its continuing efforts to improve the organ donation and transplant system and promote health equity, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Centers for Medicare ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Next month, a state panel is expected to consider whether Carilion Clinic should move forward with a proposed kidney transplant program. Right now, the closest kidney transplant ...