The proposed model would advance efforts to increase organ donation and improve clinical outcomes, system improvement, quality measurement, transparency, and regulatory oversight.
On May 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model. The proposed model, which would be implemented by the CMS Innovation Center, aims to increase access to kidney transplants for all people living with end-stage renal disease, improve the quality of care for people seeking kidney transplants, reduce disparities among individuals undergoing the process to receive a kidney transplant, and increase the efficiency and capability of transplant hospitals selected to participate.
This proposed model would build on the Biden-Harris Administration’s priority of improving the kidney transplant system and the collaborative efforts between CMS and the Health Resources and Services Administration to increase organ donation and improve clinical outcomes, system improvement, quality measurement, transparency, and regulatory oversight.
The CMS Innovation Center will be hosting an informational-only webinar to review the proposed requirements of the model on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
The Notice for Proposed Rulemaking for the model is available on the Federal Register. Standard provisions are included in the proposed rule that would be applicable to all Innovation Center model participants that begin participation in a model on or after January 1, 2025. Public comments may be submitted to the proposed rule for the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model and standard provisions on the Federal Register site until July 16, 2024. To viiew a fact sheet on the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model, click here. For more information, visit the model webpage.
As we wrote in May, ASN has advocated for a new payment model to test mechanisms of supporting and incentivizing greater access to kidney transplants, and to expanding that access to populations that have historically had lower rates of kidney transplantation. ASN is currently in the process of analyzing the model and preparing comments.
To register for the IOTA model overview webinar, click here.
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