Regulatory Flashcards
What did the National Organ Transplant Act in 1984 Establish?
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) to maintain a national registry for organ matching.
The act also called for the network to be operated by a private, non-profit organization under federal contract. (UNOS)
& SRTR
What is OPTN? Their role?
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
Public-private partnership under Dept of. HHS
Role: Inc # of txp, provide fair and equitable access to transplantation, promote donor and recipient safety, improve patient outcomes
- Create policies for hospitals, OPOs, HLA labs
- Establish membership requirements for organizations to participate in US txp network
- Evaluate each organization via UNOS
- Reports program findings to CMS
What is UNOS? Their role?
United Organ Sharing Network
Contractor for OPTN
Role:
- Manage waitlist
- Maintain transplant database
- Monitoring each organ allocation for policy compliance
- Perform site surveys of participating organizations
- Educating public and transplant professionals about organ donation and txp processes
What is SRTR? Their role?
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
Role: Collect, analyze and report transplant data: 1. Program-specific reports 2. OPO-specific report 3. Annual Data Report Other analyses
What is role of CMS in txp?
Largest insurance payor for organ transplantation
- Establishes Conditions of Practice (CoPs) for txp programs to part icipate in Medicare
- Provides quality and safety oversight
- Collect data from OPTN/UNOS to evaluate for compliance to CoPs
- Performs onsite evaluations to ensure compliance
Who holds SRTR contract?
Chronic Disease Research Group (Private, non-profit)
Division of HHRI - Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
How many OPOs in the US
57
Role of OPOs
- Increase # of donors
2. Coordinate donation product
Who oversees OPOs?
CMS (regulated by CMS CoPs)
OPTN (OPO under membership of OPTN, must follow policies and report data)
Where does SRTR get their data?
- OPTN
- CMS
- Nat’l Tech Info Service death master File
- Nat’l Cancter Instit Txp Cancer Match Study
- Pharmacy claims database
- CF Foundation registry
To whom does SRTR provider data?
- Federal government
- Private insurance providers
- OPTN
- External investigators
- Public
What are the publicly released data reports by SRTR
- Program-specific reports
- OPO-specific reports
- Annual data report
How often is the program specific report produced by SRTR
Twice annually
Time points evaluated for survival by SRTR as part of PSR
1 month
1 year
3 months
How does SRTR adjust for risk level of transplants done within program?
Risk Adjusted Models - refit every PSR and rebuilt Q3 years
Predicts expected survival –> fraction of recipients at txp program who would be expected to be alive or have functioning graft at each time point based on the national experience for similar patients