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SID&T: A National Science Based Reform Movement For Organ Donation And Transplant
There are few more delicate, precious and lifesaving conversations in the medical field than at the moment of the organ donation decision. Rightly, the approach was long since made to keep this a non-profit community-based process. It has worked. Donation and transplant are a rare medical area where America leads the world. But good is the enemy of the best and the entire integrated industry from Organ Procurement Organizations, to transplant centers, and donor hospitals can (and we would say must) improve.
In 2022 a landmark study mandated and funded by Congress was released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Study (NASEM) “Realizing the Promise of Equity in the Organ Transplantation System.” Coupled with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid accepting Requests for Information on their current governing Rule, the time is right now for science-based improvements in the field.
CMS must put the current politically motivated Rule on hold and review and adopt the NASEM recommendations as appropriate.
It is indeed a life and death matter for Federal oversight to now more than ever be encouraging cooperation and best practices among Organ Procurement Organizations, transplant centers and donor hospitals.
Hear what the experts have to say:
NASEM Study Confirms Key Advocacy Points of SID&T Reform Movement
SID&T Chairman Anthony Pizzutillo stated “For eighteen months SID&T has advocated for true reform in the donation and transplant system based on peer-reviewed science, not politics, as the path to better patient results. NASEM’s study confirms point after point of our advocacy by separating fact from fiction, calling for better alignment and accountability among organ procurement organizations, transplant centers and hospitals, and adopting logical and proven metrics to evaluate the performance of the various components of the donation and transplant system.”
The NASEM study support a number of the reforms advocated by SID&T.
SID&T Reform Agenda
There are few more delicate, precious and lifesaving conversations in the medical field than at the moment of the organ donation decision. Rightly, the approach was long since made to keep this a non-profit community-based process. It has worked. Donation and transplant are a rare medical area where America leads the world. But good is the enemy of the best and the entire integrated industry from Organ Procurement Organizations, to transplant centers, and donor hospitals can (and we would say must) improve.
SID&T Letter to The Department of Health and Human Services
On April 18, SID&T wrote to Secretary Xavier Becerra of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services “Recent reports have shed light on the ongoing efforts of venture capitalists to influence public policy, and it has been well documented how private equity interests have lobbied for the new regulations as an opportunity to ‘disrupt’ the organ transplantation system for their own gain.16 They will predictably seek to deflect from the scientific consensus contained in the NASEM report by launching ad hominem attacks on all those who would dare to oppose them, but the facts speak for themselves.”
Executive Summary of the SID&T Submission to CMS’ Request for Information
SID&T Chairman Anthony Pizzutillo stated “For eighteen months SID&T has advocated for true reform in the donation and transplant system based on peer-reviewed science, not politics, as the path to better patient results. NASEM’s study confirms point after point of our advocacy by separating fact from fiction, calling for better alignment and accountability among organ procurement organizations, transplant centers and hospitals, and adopting logical and proven metrics to evaluate the performance of the various components of the donation and transplant system.”
The NASEM study support a number of the reforms advocated by SID&T.