News
March 22, 2024
HRSA’s OPTN Modernization Initiative
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is taking steps as part of its Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Modernization Initiative. Recent action includes:
- Releasing a contract solicitation to break up the OPTN contract and create an independent OPTN Board of Directors, including supporting a special election to seat a new Board of Directors within six months of contract award;
- Issuing a multi-vendor contract solicitation to support broad competition;
- Beginning the transition to a modernized OPTN IT matching system that leverages industry-leading IT standards and practices;
- Taking action to address “pre-waitlist” inequities in the organ waitlist process and reduce variations in referrals to transplant and organ procurement practices. HRSA is directing the current OPTN vendor to standardize and update data reporting.