Series: Nationwide Audits of Organ Procurement Organizations and Certified Transplant Centers

OBJECTIVE

Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) are not-for-profit organizations that perform or coordinate the procurement, preservation, and transportation of organs to hospitals for transplantation into patients who are on a waiting list to receive a transplant. Certified Transplant Centers (CTCs) are components within transplant hospitals that provide transplantation of particular types of organs. CTCs are reimbursed by Medicare for certain costs associated with the acquisition of organs from OPOs or other CTCs for transplants involving Medicare patients. Federal regulations (42 CFR part 486, subpart G) include Medicare conditions for coverage for OPOs, and other Federal statutes, regulations, and guidance specify Medicare requirements for the acquisition of organs. Prior OIG audits determined that OPOs did not comply with Medicare requirements for reporting overhead costs, administrative and general costs, and organ statistics. We will determine whether costs reported by OPOs and CTCs were allowable, reasonable, and according to Medicare requirements, and whether OPOs met required process performance and outcome measures

There are 5 projects in this series.

Project titles will remain unpublished until projects are complete and reports are posted.

ACTIVE PROJECTS IN THIS SERIES (5)

TIMELINE

• May 3, 2024
  Series Number SRS-A-25-031 Assigned
• May 3, 2024
  Project Announced

  Project A-07-24-00643

• August 6, 2024
  Project Announced

  Project A-09-24-03009

• August 8, 2024
  Project Announced

  Project A-09-24-03010

• June 18, 2025
  Projects Announced

  Project OAS-25-07-123

• Project OAS-25-07-124

• Today
  5 Audits In-Progress
• Est FY2026
  Estimated Fiscal Year for Series Completion

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