IOTA Model Will Launch Later Than Jan. 1, 2025, CMS Says

By Sigi Ris / October 25, 2024 at 1:22 PM
CMS’ Innovation Center will launch its Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model later than January 1, 2025, as initially planned, with the agency is still working on the final rule, CMS announced this week. A new expected kickoff date was not provided. The proposed six-year, mandatory two-sided risk model CMS announced May 17, aims to build off earlier kidney care demonstrations but with a focus on ensuring use of available organs and facilitating transplants from living donors. It would involve...


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