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Membership & Professional Standards Committee . Fall 2012. Bylaw Implementation Dates . September 1: OPTN Bylaws Rewrite – Appendices A-K and M (Phase 1 – Plain language) OPTN Bylaws, Appendix L, addressing reviews, actions, and due process (substantive and plain language changes).
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Bylaw Implementation Dates September 1: • OPTN Bylaws Rewrite – Appendices A-K and M (Phase 1 – Plain language) • OPTN Bylaws, Appendix L, addressing reviews, actions, and due process (substantive and plain language changes)
Ongoing Committee Initiatives • Modified Outcomes Flagging Methodology • Goal: Better identify transplant programs that could truly benefit from intervention • Outcomes data using existing and new methodology studied in parallel for several CSR cycles and reviewed by MPSC • Modified flagging methodology will be recommended by the MPSC as the sole flagging method • Proposal will be distributed for public comment during Spring 2013
New Committee Initiatives • Bylaws Rewrite – Phase 2 • Procedures for reviewing applications • Process for submitting letters of reference • Primary surgeon/physician currency requirements • Clarification of reporting requirements for changes in key personnel at OPO’s and Histo Labs • Intestinal Transplant Program Requirements (led by Liver/Intestine Committee)
Questions? • Ken Andreoni MD, Committee Chair Kenneth.Andreoni@surgery.ufl.edu • Alan Reed, MD, Vice Chair alan-reed@uiowa.edu • Sally Aungier, MPSC Liaison Sally.aungier@unos.org