Updates to Medicare’s Kidney Transplant Payment Model
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This rule updates Medicare’s Increasing Organ Transplant Access model for its second performance year. The model applies to selected kidney transplant hospitals and is designed to increase kidney transplants, improve quality, and make the transplant process better for patients. Hospitals in the model will need to follow the revised payment and performance rules starting July 1, 2026. The rule also makes a technical correction to the existing regulatory text.
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Key Changes
- Updates the IOTA kidney transplant model for Performance Year 2
- Revises model provisions based on early implementation issues and policy priorities
- Makes a technical correction to the regulatory text
Obligations
What this law requires
Selected kidney transplant hospitals participating in the mandatory IOTA Model must comply with the updated and revised IOTA Model payment and performance provisions for Performance Year 2.
Selected kidney transplant hospitals in the IOTA Model must operate under the model’s requirements aimed at increasing kidney transplants, improving quality, and improving patient experience during the transplant process.