Selected OPTN/UNOS Meetings, Fall 2014

[Clark]

http://transplantpro.org/resources/calendar/

OPTN/UNOS Kidney Committee Meeting
September 29
Location: Hilton O'Hare Chicago, Chicago, IL
Contact: Gena Boyle
Email: gena.boyle@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Region 8 Meeting
October 1
Location: Kansas City, MO
Contact: Betsy Gans
Phone: 804-782-4814
Email: Betsy.Gans@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Region 9 Meeting
October 1
Location: Albany, NY
Contact: Shannon Edwards
Phone: 804-782-4759
Email: Shannon.Edwards@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Region 6 Meeting
October 10
Location: Honolulu, HI
Contact: Betsy Gans
Phone: 804-782-4814
Email: Betsy.Gans@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Region 7 Meeting
October 10
Location: Chicago, IL
Contact: Chrystal Graybill
Phone: 804-782-4631
Email: Chrystal.Graybill@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Kidney Committee Meeting
October 20
Location:
Contact: Gena Boyle
Email: gena.boyle@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Kidney Committee Meeting/Live Meeting
October 20
Location:
Contact: Gena Boyle
Email: gena.boyle@unos.org

The New Kidney Allocation System: Town Hall Question and Answer Session
October 23
Location:
Contact: Kimberly Taylor
Email: kimberly.taylor@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Region 1 Meeting
November 3
Location: Westborough, MA
Contact: Shannon Edwards
Phone: 804-782-4759
Email: Shannon.Edwards@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors Meeting
November 12 - November 13
Location: Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Contact: Katie DeCastro
Phone: 804-782-4951
Email: katie.decastro@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Kidney Committee Meeting/Live Meeting
November 17
Location:
Contact: Gena Boyle
Email: gena.boyle@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Region 10 Meeting
November 20
Location: Dayton, OH
Contact: Chrystal Graybill
Phone: 804-782-4631
Email: Chrystal.Graybill@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Region 2 Forum
November 20
Location: Washington, DC
Contact: Betsy Gans
Phone: 804-782-4814
Email: Betsy.Gans@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Region 2 Meeting
November 21
Location: Washintgon, DC
Contact: Betsy Gans
Phone: 804-782-4814
Email: Betsy.Gans@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Region 4 Meeting
November 21
Location: Houston, TX
Contact: Shannon Edwards
Phone: 8047824759
Email: Shannon.Edwards@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Region 5 Collaborative
December 3
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Contact: Chrystal Graybill
Phone: 804-782-4631
Email: Chrystal.Graybill@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Region 5 Meeting
December 4
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Contact: Chrystal Graybill
Phone: 804-782-4631
Email: Chrystal.Graybill@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Regions 3 & 11 Meeting
December 5
Location: Atlanta, GA
Contact: Cliff McClenney
Phone: 8047824742
Email: Clifton.McClenney@unos.org

OPTN/UNOS Kidney Committee Meeting/Live Meeting
December 15
Location:
Contact: Gena Boyle
Email: gena.boyle@unos.org

[Clark]

And the Kidney Allocation System Town Hall Forum is Thursday! And the Region 1 Meeting is in two weeks! Hope y'all are there!

[Clark]

I'm off to the Region 1 meeting. See you there?

[Clark]

That's the headline for this meeting: No anticipated increase in fees for would be recipients to register with the OPTN this coming year.

-> Depends on transient and long term impact of the new Kidney Allocation System on number of registrants.

-> 12/4/14 still holding as start date for new KAS. Multiple IT projects also recently completed after long backlog.

-> ACOT hasn't met in over a year. Secretary of HHS has changed in the meantime. Next meeting is a conference call in December.

-> New emergency and housekeeping OPTN policy adoption pathways discussed and passed with several suggestions for improvement.

-> 5 living donor organs not used this past year. Patient Safety Committee has identified this as a top priority to address.

->  Defining "transplant hospital" turns out to be hard. Region 1 not satisfied with MPSC's proposal.

-> Way behind on agenda as we break for lunch. Group is unusually discursive today, and this group always chews every issue thoroughly.

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-> Pancreas policy nearing adoption. Interesting side effect, it's forcing definition of graft failure on the OPTN. Region 1 says one size does not fit all, this needs to be organ specific at least.

-> Note that the KPD Informed Consent Policy proposal applies to all KPD programs, not just OPTN KPDPP participants! NKR, within hospital programs, all swaps and chains!

-> HRSA Workplace Partnership for Life initiative to bring OPOs and transplant centers into a big set of national institutional partners to solicit donor registrations, especially to foster "a culture of donation" within hospitals.