# Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Organ Procurement Organizations Conditions for Coverage: Revisions to the Outcome Measure Requirements for Organ Procurement Organizations
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2020-12-02 · Effective 2021-02-01 · 85 FR 77898
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-26329
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 77898
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 486
- **Publication date:** 2020-12-02
- **Effective date:** 2021-02-01
- **HHS docket:** CMS-3380-F
## Abstract

This final rule revises the Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) Conditions for Coverage (CfCs) to increase donation rates and organ transplantation rates by replacing the current outcome measures with new transparent, reliable, and objective outcome measures and increasing competition for open donation service areas (DSAs).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/12/02/2020-26329/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-organ-procurement-organizations-conditions-for-coverage-revisions-to)
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