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retrieval of the various organs may need to be updated.
Therefore, we are again soliciting information from the
transplant community. Specifically we would like to obtain
information on the physician effort and resources required
to procure an organ. These resources include surgical
time, dry runs (number and percentage of retrievals in
which an organ is not recovered), travel and wait times, as
well as the incremental time required for extended criteria
donors and donors after cardiac death. Additionally,
because currently we limit kidney retrieval physician
reimbursement to $1,250 per donor, we would need resource
information to determine the difference in procuring one
kidney or a pair of kidneys from a single donor in order to
determine a payment on a per kidney basis as suggested by a
commenter.
5. Revision to the “Appeals of CMS or CMS contractor
Determinations When a Provider or Supplier Fails to Meet
the Requirements for Medicare Billing Privileges” Final
Rule
In the June 27, 2008 Federal Register, we published
the “Appeals of CMS or CMS contractor Determinations When a
Provider or Supplier Fails to Meet the Requirements for
Medicare Billing Privileges” final rule. In
§405.874(b)(2), we stated, “The revocation of a provider’s
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