Guidry & East wishes to congratulate Alexander Aussi, BSN, RN, MBA, for being named the 2014 recipient of the UNOS - Deedle Heckenkemper Leader in Transplant Administration Award. Alexander received the honor during UNOS’s 22nd annual Transplant Administrators Committee for his significant contributions and positive impact on transplant administration. About Deedle Heckenkemper: As the leading…
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University of Arizona Medical Center Seeking Transplant Administrator
The University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson is seeking a Transplant Administrator for their multi-organ transplant and MCS programs. The position reports to the CEO of the Medical Center and oversees the numerous aspects of regulatory, clinical, and administrative activities of the Transplant Center. The Transplant Administrator will serve as the principal point person…
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F-QAPI Readiness Assessment
As you know, CMS announced on December 20, 2013 that they were proceeding with full implementation of the new transplant Focused QAPI ("F-QAPI") CoP Site Surveys, including citations and termination from the Medicare program, for condition-level deficiencies. The full announcement from CMS can be found online at: http://go.cms.gov/19nYYjG Guidry & East is pleased to announce our new…
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Transplant Center SRTR Report – March 3, 2014
The long awaited confidential release of center-specific SRTR data will occur on Monday, March 3, 2014 and the public release on March 20th. This data is used by CMS to monitor and regulate Solid Organ Transplant Centers under the CMS Conditions of Participation. As we stated in our last communiqué, Guidry & East has assisted…
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