Reimagining Transplant Center Incentives Beyond the CMS IOTA Model

This Viewpoint discusses the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) model and how its focus should be less on volume than patient-centered quality-of-life outcomes.

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JAMA
Published
2026-01-26
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https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.26194
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Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
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Reimagining Transplant Center Incentives Beyond the CMS IOTA Model

Alex Chan, Alvin E. Roth
JAMA
Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
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Reimagining Transplant Center Incentives Beyond the CMS IOTA Model

Alex Chan, Alvin E. Roth
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Abstract

This Viewpoint discusses the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) model and how its focus should be less on volume than patient-centered quality-of-life outcomes.

JAMAVol. 335(8)
Harvard University (US), Stanford University (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 76%
Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
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