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Advancing Transplant Standards: Recent Proposals & Ongoing Initiatives

Reviewing recent public comment proposals and ongoing committee initiatives for transplant program standards. Proposals for patient notification and program performance reviews, along with revised bylaw requirements and new quality assurance initiatives. Contact info provided.

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Advancing Transplant Standards: Recent Proposals & Ongoing Initiatives

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  1. Membership & Professional Standards Committee (MPSC) Spring 2014

  2. Recent Public Comment Proposals • Proposed Patient Notification of Functional Inactivity Due to Lack of Transplant Activity • March 2014 – MPSC review of public comment & responses • Post public comment amendment • Board Review – June 2014 • Implementation Date – September 1, 2014, if approved

  3. Recent Public Comment Proposals • Proposal to Revise the Current Method for Flagging for Transplant Program Post-transplant Performance Reviews • March 2014 – MPSC review of public comment & responses • Board Review – June 2014 • Implementation Date – January 1, 2015, if approved

  4. Ongoing Committee Initiatives • Review of bylaw requirements/qualifications for primary surgeons and physicians • Procurement requirements • Defining “foreign equivalency” • Defining “working knowledge” and “currency” • Revisit the definition of a member transplant hospital • Codified vs operational understanding • Identifying impacts if kept as is or if revised

  5. New Committee Initiatives • OPTN Quality Assurance and Process Improvement (QAPI) requirement • Committee will review language March 2014 • Fall 2014 public comment

  6. Questions? • Carl Berg, MD Committee Chair carl.berg@duke.edu • Name Region # Representative email • Sally Aungier Committee Liaison sally.aungier@unos.org

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