They Transplant More Organs Every Year. The Feds May Still Pull Their License
New rules threaten the future of organ donor nonprofits, including New England’s
Organ Procurement Group Appoints President
The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations names a new president, and others take new roles.
AOPO Receives 2024 Power of Associations Gold Award for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) & OPO Task Force
14 Women Making Moves in Healthcare
Dorrie Dils, president and CEO of Gift of Life Michigan, was named president of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations.
Third HIV-positive heart transplant in U.S. originates at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Donor transforms lives through LifeNet Health and the HOPE Act
WSB-TV Gets Real about Disparities in Organ Donations and Transplants
LifeShare Experiences Record-Breaking First Half of 2024
New England Donor Services Announces Record Month for Organ Donation
Successful growth of organ and tissue donation continues with June 2024 representing the most ever donors in the New England region in a single month
LifeShare Network Partners with New Mexico Donor Services in Groundbreaking Collaboration
Transplant Team Finally Succeeds in Using Controversial New Organ Recovery Strategy
Doctors try a Controversial Technique to Reduce the Transplant Organ Shortage
Meharry Launches Summer Program to Expose Minority Students to Careers in Healthcare
Intermountain Grows Liver Transplants 367% in 5 years
The Alliance Partners with AMAT and AOPO for New Interreligious Dialogues Conversation Series to Increase Knowledge and Community Connections
NJ Sharing Network’s 5K Celebration of Life United Thousands to Support Organ and Tissue Donation
TO HONOR 50 YEARS OF SAVING LIVES: Gift of Life Donor Program Launches Campaign to Sign Up 50,000 More Organ Donor Heroes
A 98-year-old Man’s Liver was Donated. He is Believed to be the Oldest American Organ Donor Ever
Morehouse School Of Medicine Partners With LifeLink Of Georgia To Combat Organ Donation Disparities
Gift of Life Community Advisory Board Working to Increase Donor Registrations in Communities With the Most Philadelphians on the Transplant Waitlist
LifeShare Network has Record Breaking First Quarter
Program to Train More Black Surgeons in Organ Donation, Transplants to Combat Racial Disparities
A Proclamation on National Donate Life Month, 2024
Pioneering Transplant Surgeon Clive O. Callender on Giving More People of Color a Second Chance at Life
A long recovery from a childhood illness started the Howard University surgeon on his path.
Too Many Donor Organs Go to Waste. Here’s How to Get Them Into the Patients Who Need Them
Cascade Life Alliance and Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Ground Breaking Organ Transplant!
Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates and LifeCenter Organ Donor Network Sign Letter of Intent to Merge, Creating the 16th Largest Organ Procurement Organization in the United States
U.S. Organ Procurement Organizations Recovered More Than 43,000 Organs in 2023
Western PA. area sets new record for organ, tissue, cornea donations for 5th straight year
Kentucky Sets Record for Organ Donations, Transplants in 2023
2023: A record year for organ and tissue donation in NJ
Colorado & Wyoming Transplant Community Support OPOs
The transplant community in Colorado and Wyoming sent a letter to Secretary Azar in support of valid and continually improving performance metrics based on sound data including retaining the current Observed to Expected (O:E) Yield measure which is “independently reported, verifiable, calculated and widely supported by all stakeholders in the donation and transplantation community.”
Connecticut Congressman Supports OPOs
Congressman James Himes writes to Secretary Azar to address potential problems with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule.
New England Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
Members of Congress from New England recently sent a letter to Secretary Azar in support of driving continual improvement in organ donation and transplantation. The letter states, “the proposed rule needs serious revision” and that the final rule “should be designed to preserve or strengthen practices that work well and reform those that do not”.
International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners (IACME) Supports OPOs
The IACME sent a letter to Secretary Azar raising concerns with the accuracy of death certificates. The letter states: “The pervasive inaccuracy of death certificate information can largely be attributed to varying levels of expertise of those who fill out the forms” and points out that “death certificates are intended to focus on the immediate cause of death and do not and cannot document a person’s entire medical history”.
Mississippi Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
Mississippi congressional delegates shares three concerns with the proposed OPO metrics in this letter to Secretary Azar.
Utah Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
“Organ donation reflects the American spirit of selfless sacrifice.” In this letter to Secretary Azar, Utah congressional delegates express their support of organ donation and OPOs.
Florida Congressional Delegates Support OPOs
Florida has enjoyed wide success with its OPOs, demonstrating over two years an increase of 22 percent in the state’s number of donors. As a result, more than 11 million people have registered their donation decision in Florida. In this letter to Secretary Azar, Florida congressional delegates share their support of OPOs and concerns over the proposed CMS rule