CMS Finalizes Rule to Enhance Organ Procurement Organization Accountability and Increase Organ Transplants

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), under the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), has finalized a rule to enhance oversight of Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs). This rule aims to increase the number of donated organs reaching patients by strengthening accountability for OPOs, which are responsible for securing donations, recovering organs, and coordinating their timely delivery.