Northern California and Northern Nevada (45 counties; OPTN Region 5)
CMS performance & status
CMS 2023 OPO Interim Annual Public Aggregated Performance Report, Table 5b (Donation and Transplant Rates, 2021): rates at/above median but below top 25% cutoff; CY2021 tier column = 2.
This OPO is graded Tier 2 (2023 (CY2021 assessment)) under the CMS Conditions for Coverage outcome measures. Tier 2 is above the median but below the top quartile; these OPOs must compete to retain their service area.
HHS-OIG: California OPO billed Medicare for retirement party, dancers, alcohol
California Transplant Donor Network (now Donor Network West); HHS Office of Inspector General
An HHS-OIG audit (A-09-09-00087) of the California Transplant Donor Network's FY2007 cost report identified $167,064 of unallowable and unsupported costs ($101,152 unsupported, $65,912 unallowable). Itemized items included about $18,967 for an executive retirement celebration catered for 300 attendees, $2,619 for transportation and lodging for performers at a donor-family event, and $2,337 for alcoholic beverages purchased by personnel.
Every item is institution-level public record, source-linked; no patient, donor, or family is named. A Tier or finding here repeats the government's own assessment of an organization holding a public monopoly. Back to OrganWatch.