AOPO Submits Three New OPO Performance Measures for Endorsement
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McLean – November 10, 2026 -- The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) has submitted three additional performance measures to the Partnership for Quality Measurement (PQM) for national endorsement, extending a multi-year push to replace the two unendorsed outcome measures that CMS currently uses to evaluate organ procurement organizations (OPOs).
Three measures target donor care, organ recovery and utilization
The Donor Management Goals (DMG) Bundle Rate assesses the effectiveness of donor care and flags ways to optimize organ function and raise the number of organs available for transplant. The Organs Recovered Per Donor (ORPD) Rate tracks the average number of organs recovered from each deceased donor, whether or not those organs are ultimately transplanted.