The Immuno Bill is a Reality! Guidance for the New “Medicare Part B-ID"
- Wednesday, November 2, 2022 - 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT

Speakers:
- Matthew Cooper, MD, FAST • Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
- Nancy Edgington, LCSW III, CCTSW • Lead Kidney Transplant Social Worker, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
- Jennifer McDermott, PharmD, BCTXP, BCPS • Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Solid Organ Transplant, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI

Moderator:
- Lisa Potter, PharmD, BCTXP, FCCP, FAST • Clinical Coordinator, Organ Transplant, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

This topic was suggested by the AST Education Committee for inclusion in the 2022-2023 T3 webinar series. The Committee would like to thank the leadership of AST's Transplant Pharmacy Community of Practice (TxPharm COP) for their feedback on session speakers.

Speakers:
Richard Formica, MD • Professor of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT William Applegate • AST Director of Government Relations; Senior Policy Advisor, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, St. Louis, MO & Washington D.C.

Moderator:
Beau Kelly, MD, MBA, FACS, FAST • Surgical Director, DCI Donor Services, Inc., Sacramento, CA

This topic was developed by the AST Education Committee in response to recent policy and legislation activity related to the "Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health," the "Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2019" (the "Immuno Bill"), and other topics that are important to the field of transplantation.

The goal of the Transplant Patient Summit is to invite two transplant recipients or donors from each state to help them become transplant ambassadors and empower them to advocate for the field of transplantation from both a legislative/regulatory and fundraising capacity. The AST will provide a stipend for travel costs and will cover each attendee or live donor's hotel stay. For more information, please visit our Power2Save page.

ASTS and AST are pleased to offer a free one-hour webinar to provide additional information and answer questions related to the call for commitments at the White House Organ Summit in June. The webinar will feature Jennifer Erickson from the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy.

The White House Organ Summit was focused on reducing the wait list for transplantation. During that meeting, a number of organizations announced new initiatives that were innovative and collaborative and intended to address the organ shortage. In follow-up from the Summit, the White House has publicly announced an opportunity for additional commitments focused on transplantation.

This webinar is open to anyone interested in potentially submitting commitments for new transplant initiatives.

The archived webinar can be viewed here.