{"id":6568,"date":"2023-04-15T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=6568"},"modified":"2023-04-12T07:19:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T14:19:20","slug":"monopoly-be-gone-a-new-chapter-in-u-s-organ-procurement-and-transplantation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/04\/15\/monopoly-be-gone-a-new-chapter-in-u-s-organ-procurement-and-transplantation\/","title":{"rendered":"Monopoly Be Gone: A New Chapter in U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6568\" 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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u2014 A recent announcement from HHS has the power to transform our deeply flawed system<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>by\u00a0Greg Segal, Jennifer Erickson, MS, Donna Cryer, JD, and Bryan Sivak\u00a0<br><br>The U.S. government recently made a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/transplantation\/transplantation\/103662\" target=\"_blank\">transformative announcement:<\/a> it is breaking up the flawed monopoly that manages the current organ procurement system, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This commonsense reform marks an unequivocal win for patients, and has been heralded by\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kidney.org\/news\/lack-government-accountability-and-oversight-costing-lives-0\" target=\"_blank\">patient groupsopens in a new tab or window<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.booker.senate.gov\/news\/press\/booker-jones-lead-colleagues-in-urging-hhs-cms-and-hrsa-to-improve-opo-performance-and-increase-access-to-organ-transplantations\" target=\"_blank\">equity leadersopens in a new tab or window<\/a>, and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bucshon.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4399\" target=\"_blank\">bipartisanopens in a new tab or window<\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonWyden\/status\/1638603661327626241\" target=\"_blank\">Congressional officesopens in a new tab or window<\/a>\u00a0alike. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\/second-opinions\/103855?xid=nl_secondopinion_2023-04-04&amp;eun=g2017571d0r\">Read the full story<\/a> in MedPage Today.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6568\" 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 A recent announcement from HHS has the power to transform our deeply flawed system by\u00a0Greg Segal, Jennifer Erickson, MS, Donna Cryer, JD, and Bryan Sivak\u00a0 The U.S. government &hellip; 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