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Incentivizing Kidney Transplants While Safeguarding Equity

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.8838

June 03, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model and outlines pathways to monitor the implementation of the model to ensure equitable access for all patients.

Corresponding Author: Courtney M. Rentas, MD, MPH, MS, Department of Surgery, Education Office, University of Michigan, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (CoRentas@Med.UMich.edu).

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