The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing a new mandatory model geared at improving access for kidney transplant patients, with the goal of helping hospitals increase the quality of the transplants they perform.

The Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model aims to increase access to kidney transplants for all people living with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), as well as to reduce disparities among those undergoing the process of receiving a transplant.