In late May, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its latest performance report for the nation’s 55 Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs), the nonprofits responsible for ...
Despite nearly 33,000 people receiving a life-saving organ transplant in 2020, almost 110,000 are awaiting a second chance in life. According to a recent Bridgespan report, 33 people die each day ...
Growing up in Cedar Rapids, I received a heart transplant at the age of 13. It all happened in a blur. I thought I had the flu, and then an X-ray revealed that my heart was four times too big. Without ...