http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/ContentDocuments/Policy_Notice_04-10-2014.pdf (Page 14)
Modification of Policy 18.5.A (Reporting Requirements after Donation)
Sponsoring Committee: Living Donor
Policy Affected: 18.5.A (Reporting Requirements after Donation)
Distributed for Public Comment: September 16, 2011- January 12, 2012
Effective Date: April 10, 2014
Problem Statement
Current policy requires the living kidney donor recovery hospital to submit a Living Donor Follow-up (LDF)
form at six months, one year, and two years post donation. One of the required elements to report is
loss of medical (health, life) insurance due to donation, however this information cannot be reported
using the current LDF form because the form does not contain a field to collect it.
Current policy also requires living kidney donor recovery hospitals to report if a donor has been
readmitted since the last LDF form was submitted? Living kidney donor recovery hospitals must submit
a Living Donor Registration (LDR) form when a living donor is discharged from the hospital after
donation. Policy should be modified to require the living kidney donor recovery hospital to report if a
donor has been readmitted since the LDR or LDF was submitted to distinctly require reporting any
readmission between discharge and the first six months post donation.
Changes
Living kidney donor recovery hospitals will not be required to report if a living donor has lost insurance
related to donation until the LDF form can be updated and related required programming can be
completed. Any changes to the LDF form will require OMB approval; this approval and the required
related programming changes are expected to be completed by March 2015. Members will be notified
before the requirement to report loss of insurance related to donation resumes.
Current policy has been clarified to require the living kidney donor recovery hospital to report if a donor
has been readmitted since the LDR or LDF was submitted.
Member Actions
Living donor recovery hospitals will continue to report living donor follow-up at six months, one year, and
two years from the date of donation. However, the requirement for reporting loss of insurance related to
donation will be temporarily discontinued.
Living donor recovery hospitals will continue to report if a living donor is readmitted during the first two
years post donation.
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