Midwest Transplant Network is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, one of
more than fifty federally certified Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO),
designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) for the purpose
of providing organ procurement services to hospitals. Midwest Transplant
Network is designated as the exclusive OPO for Kansas and the western
half of Missouri. Midwest Transplant Network is also a member of the
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and participates in the
national Organ Procurement & Transplant Network (OPTN).
The organization is governed by a board of directors, which is comprised of
physicians, administrators, and other individuals with backgrounds as required
by federal regulation.
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