All hospital transplant centers currently approved for Medicare participation (approved either under the end-stage renal disease conditions of coverage or the national coverage decisions) must submit a request for new approval under the conditions of participation established by the new regulation that was issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on March 30, 2007. Requests must be submitted to CMS by Dec. 26, 2007.
If an organ transplant center does not submit a request for approval under the new conditions of participation by that date, CMS will conclude that the center no longer wants to participate in Medicare and will begin the process to withdraw Medicare approval.
There is no application form; instead, transplant centers must send a request to CMS with specific information. Transplant centers desiring first-time Medicare certification must send a request to CMS with the same information; this can be done any time the center is ready for initial Medicare certification. For a list of all transplant centers covered by the regulation and a listing of the minimum information that must be included in all requests for approval, visit the CMS transplant web page.
