Transplant News Paired Kidney Donation AudioConference 7/9/08

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You still have time to register for this important audioconference which has been extended to two hours!

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THE LIVING ORGAN DONOR NETWORK REGISTRY (LODN) AND DONOR INSURANCE POLICY

What you don’t know, what you need to know about these important programs aimed at increasing the number of live donors and assuring every live

kidney donor has life, health and disability insurance

Audioconference: Wednesday, July 9, 2008

1:00 – 3:00 Eastern Time 12:00 – 2:00 Central Time

11:00– 1:00 Mountain Time 10:00 – 12 Noon Pacific Time

Presented by Transplant Communications, Inc. publisher of

Transplant News and the International Transplant Directory

On June 20, the United Network for Organ Sharing/Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Board of Directors approved the elements of a pilot national system to facilitate kidney paired donation. The board stressed that the pilot system will be voluntary, open to any living kidney transplant program meeting OPTN requirements and for any candidate on the OPTN kidney waiting list. However, the action seems likely to be a prelude to what eventually will be a mandated National Kidney Paired Donation Program. The impact will be felt by transplant centers, organ procurement organizations (OPOs), and payers who will have to understand and develop this complex new program. Since 2000, approximately 250 paired donation transplants have been performed in the US, however some experts estimate an active national paired donation program could result in 3,000 additional kidney transplants alone.

The second topic to be addressed -- The Living Organ Donor Network Registry (LODN) and Donor Insurance policy will introduce you to an important new program that has a long term goal of providing every living donor with health, disability and life insurance. The LODN program, which is still in its early developmental stages, is patterned after the National Bone Marrow Registry. The Bone Marrow Registry reports its program provides routine coverage of all donors with disability and life insurance policies.

Because of the complexity of the issues and the quality of the panel assembled to address the issues, Transplant News has extended the audioconference by 30 minutes – it will now last for two hours beginning at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. There is no increase in the registration fee.

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Speakers/Faculty:

* Rees, MD, PhD, Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Alliance for Paired Donation, Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH

* Andreoni, MD, Vice Chair, UNOS Kidney Committee, Chair, UNOS Subcommittee charged with developing UNOS’ National Kidney Paired Donation Program; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH

*Ruthanne Hanto, New England Organ Bank, Newton, MA

*Garet Hil, National Kidney Registry, Babylon, NY

*Tom McCune, MD, Living Organ Donor Network (LODN), Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, Chair, Division of Nephrology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Medical College of Hampton Roads, Norfolk, VA

*Brad Hepp, CPCU, ARM, National Bone Marrow Registry, Risk Management Consultant, Minneapolis, MN

* Vaughan, Health Systems Concepts, Inc., Tampa, FL (Q & A session only)

*Jim Warren, Editor & Publisher, Transplant News – Moderator

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What you will learn:

*What is the intent of the voluntary pilot program being endorsed by the OPTN/UNOS.

*How candidates and potential live donors will be evaluated.

*What choices candidates and potential live donors will have.

*What the histocompatibility issues and are why they are important.

*What the three main pitfalls of paired exchange are.

*How research demonstrates 33% of recipients can receive a perfect HLA match in a swap.

*Why donor chain matching is 10 times more powerful than traditional paired exchange matching.

*How to do an online lookup to see if there is a potential match for your patient.

* How the actual paired exchange process works.

*How the New England Organ Bank’s Program for Kidney Exchange works and lessons they have learned.

*How the LODN insurance program evolved and its success in getting renal transplant programs to enroll their live donors in the registry.

Who should listen:

The program is designed specifically for transplant administrators, organ procurement organization professionals, hospital administrators, directors of kidney and liver transplant programs, living donors, living donor advocates, insurance company executives, and state health program officials.

Team wide training at its best (and most cost- and time-efficient):

Gather your entire staff around the table on July 9 for one low single-participant price. You may photocopy for each of them as many copies of the printed materials as you need. The materials will be posted several days prior to the audioconference at a special link on the Transplant Communications Web site. CEU credits are expected to be awarded. You will be notified on how to apply once you register.

Registration information:

Participation in the audioconference is just $267 per site and allows access to ONE telephone line for an unlimited number of people to listen by speakerphone. ADDITIONAL SITES MAY BE ADDED FOR JUST $134 PER SITE. Please note on the registration form if you are paying for additional telephone sites.

How the audioconference works:

No special equipment is needed. Several days prior to the conference you will be sent a special toll-free phone number, which will connect you with the conference.

The program is scheduled to run for 120 MINUTES with the FINAL 50 MINUTES devoted to answering questions from participants. Information on how to call in will be included in an e-mail you will receive along with the dial-in instructions several days prior to July 9th. Instructions for calling in or e-mailing questions will be repeated at the beginning of the audioconference.

How to Register:

You can register on-line at the Transplant Communications Web site: www.trannews.com. Simply click on the button on the left of the home page that says Audio Conference Materials. You will be able to pay by using a credit card through a secure server, or generate a form that you can print and fax or mail to Transplant News.

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