Medicare spells out when organ procurement groups must compete to keep their areas
Medicare's rules for organ procurement organizations now set out when a donation service area opens to competition, how appeals and handovers to a successor work, and when the agency can pick a successor without a competition. Tracked adverse events grow from three to six categories.
Who it affects
The 54 organ procurement organizations and the Medicare agency
When
This rule takes effect on January 4, 2027.
- : Published in the Federal Register
- : This rule takes effect
Official text
FR Doc. 2026-22381: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Organ Procurement Organizations Conditions for Coverage: Revisions to the Conditions for Coverage
On Federal Register. The official text is what counts; read it before you act.
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