{"id":5535,"date":"2022-10-04T08:01:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=5535"},"modified":"2022-10-04T08:10:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T15:10:21","slug":"unos-to-revamp-heart-allocation-rules-to-rein-in-transplant-waitlist-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/10\/04\/unos-to-revamp-heart-allocation-rules-to-rein-in-transplant-waitlist-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"UNOS to Revamp Heart Allocation Rules to Rein in Transplant Waitlist Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5535\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u2014 It may be goodbye to priority tiers, hello to points-based ranking system in coming years<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. &#8212; Four years after a major revision of the U.S. heart transplant allocation rules, deliberations are again underway on how to curb gaming of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent explosion in Status 2 transplant candidates with advanced heart failure would improbably suggest that &#8220;suddenly the entire country has sicker patients,&#8221; said Shelley Hall, MD, chief of transplant cardiology at Baylor Scott &amp; White Health in Dallas and chair of the cardiac committee for UNOS. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/meetingcoverage\/hfsa\/101022\">Read more<\/a> in MedPage Today.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5535\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading \u2014 It may be goodbye to priority tiers, hello to points-based ranking system in coming years NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. &#8212; 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