List Of Transplant Facilities Not Meeting Standards

July 28, 2006

To qualify for Medicare funding, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires transplant centers to perform a certain number of transplants annually and achieve a specific unadjusted survival rate for patients one year after surgery. Transplant programs at the following hospitals failed to meet one or both of the standards.

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Did fewer than the required 12 in 2005:

California: UC San Diego Medical Center, Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento, Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles

Connecticut: Hartford Hospital

Washington, D.C.: Washington Hospital Center

Florida: St. Luke's Hospital

Illinois: Rush University Medical Center, OSF St. Francis Medical Center

Indiana: Lutheran Hospital of Fort Wayne

Iowa: University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics

Kansas: Via Christi Regional Medical Center

Kentucky: University of Kentucky Medical Center

Louisiana: Tulane University Medical Center

Massachusetts: Massachusetts General Hospital

Michigan: Henry Ford Hospital

Minnesota: Abbot Northwestern Hospital

Missouri: St. Louis University Hospital

Mississippi: University of Mississippi Medical Center

Nebraska: BryanLGH Medical Center East







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