OPO accountability dossier

Cascade Life Alliance (formerly Pacific Northwest Transplant Bank)

ORUOCMS Tier 2

Oregon, southwest Washington, and western Idaho (OPTN Region 6)

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.

CMS 2023 OPO Interim Annual Public Aggregated Performance Report (CY2021 assessment)

Findings naming this OPO (0)

No entity-level finding in OrganWatch names this OPO directly beyond its CMS performance status above. That is not a clearance — it reflects what the public record assembled here happens to name. See the full OrganWatch record for system-wide findings.


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