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CMS Proposes New Quality Metric
Author(s) -
Pullen Lara C.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.15333
Subject(s) - medicine , metric (unit) , quality (philosophy) , operations management , economics , epistemology , philosophy
This month's installment of “The AJT Report” explores the potential effects of a new quality metric proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that is designed to boost transplant access for dialysis patients. We also report on the recent successful transplant of a hepatitis C–positive heart to the director of New York University Langone Health's Transplant Center.