Federal and Private Insurance Coverage for Organ Transplantation

The performance of organ transplantation requires healthcare providers with multiple skills and diverse institutional resources. To generate a sustainable transplant care delivery system, it is necessary to effectively compensate the individuals and the organizations necessary for this service. The payment structure for transplantation and organ donation services in the US has become highly intertwined with governmental regulation and oversight. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the nature and extent of governmental oversight and authority over the transplant system to better understand how governmental payments and private insurers are impacted. Furthermore, understanding how information enters the public domain, and the differences between the intended and actual use of those data has become necessary for transplant providers.