• OPTN Board of Directors expected to require transplant hospitals to use race-neutral calculations in assessing patients
  Tuesday, June 14, 2022
  Changes will reduce disparities and increase equity in access to transplant.
  

• 2023-2024 Call for Nominations for OPTN Board of Directors and Committees
  Wednesday, June 1, 2022
  Apply by Sept. 30 to be considered for 2023 vacancies.
  

• Interactive visualizations now available as part of policy development for kidney and pancreas allocation
  Thursday, May 26, 2022
  Sensitivity tools help analyze effects of specific potential changes.
  

• June 14 webinar addresses median MELD at transplant based on donor hospital
  Friday, May 20, 2022
  Session will address questions regarding upcoming policy implementation.
  

• Updated modify data submission policies coming in August 2022
  Monday, May 2, 2022
  New requirements under revisions to OPTN Policy 18: Data Submission Requirements include a data lock provision to make changes to eight data forms. The data lock will go into effect in August.
  

• OPTN death verification process improvements will yield updated numbers beginning in April 2022
  Wednesday, April 27, 2022
  Additional deaths to be included in Center STAR files and national STAR files.
  

• Community results of winter 2022 kidney and pancreas prioritization exercises now available
  Friday, April 22, 2022
  Feedback will inform development of policy for continuous distribution of kidneys and pancreata.
  

• Median MELD at Transplant scores updated effective March 30
  Wednesday, April 20, 2022
  Scores published for each liver program; updated twice yearly.
  

• HRSA releases Request for Information for market research to support the next OPTN contract
  Friday, April 8, 2022
  Responses due by May 23, 2022 at 1 PM ET.
  

• Updated two-year monitoring report available for dual and en bloc kidney allocation
  Friday, April 1, 2022
  Report covers activity since implementation of the policies.
  

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