OPTN Region 2 — eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware
CMS performance & status
Table 5b lists OPO code PADV with a CY2021 Tier Status of 1 (Tier 1): donation and transplant rate upper 95% CI limits both at or above the top-25% cutoff (top performer).
This OPO is graded Tier 1 (2023 Assessment (CY2021 data)) under the CMS Conditions for Coverage outcome measures. Tier 1 is the top-performing band, automatically recertified.
Gift of Life Donor Program (Philadelphia): $152.9M revenue, $152.2M assets, President/CEO paid $833,139 (FY2024 Form 990)
Gift of Life Donor Program / Greater Delaware Valley Society of Transplant Surgeons (Philadelphia OPO; EIN 23-7388767)
Per its fiscal-year-2024 IRS Form 990 (extracted on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer), the Philadelphia-area OPO operating as Gift of Life Donor Program (legal entity: Greater Delaware Valley Society of Transplant Surgeons) reported total revenue of $152,878,717 and total assets of $152,212,630. The President/CEO role received total reportable compensation of $833,139 for the year (corrected; an earlier draft figure of ~$1.01M was inaccurate). It is the highest-revenue OPO in the sample.
Surveyed OPOs reported dozens of outside-employment, board, and financial conflicts (2015-2023)
MTN, LifeShare, Donor Alliance, TN/NM Donor Services, LifeCenter, Gift of Life Donor Program, Versiti (OPOs)
The June 2025 Senate Finance staff report tabulated conflicts each OPO reported for 2015-2023, including: MTN (20 outside-employment, 2 board, 1 shareholder/investment); LifeShare (22 outside-employment, 8 board, 3 family); Donor Alliance (7 outside-employment, 8 board); TN/NM Donor Services (2 outside-employment, 2 board); LifeCenter (53 outside-employment plus 18 financial conflicts); Gift of Life Donor Program (8 outside-employment, 7 board, 5 financial); Versiti asserted it had no conflicts. The report notes it is unclear whether these were actual or potential conflicts or how they were reviewed.
Gift of Life Donor Program (Philadelphia) reported $152.9M revenue and ~$833K CEO pay (FY2024)
Gift of Life Donor Program / Greater Delaware Valley Society of Transplant Surgeons (EIN 23-7388767)
The Gift of Life Donor Program (the OPO serving eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware, organized as the Greater Delaware Valley Society of Transplant Surgeons) reported total revenue of $152,878,717 for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2024 on its IRS Form 990. Its President and CEO reported total compensation of $833,139 for that year.
Reported OPO conflicts of interest concentrated in outside employment and outside board memberships, 2015-2023
LifeCenter Organ Donor Network; LifeShare Network; Midwest Transplant Network; Donor Alliance; Gift of Life Donor Program (and other surveyed OPOs)
The Senate Finance Committee 'Operation Transplant' report tabulated conflicts OPOs reported for 2015-2023, dominated by outside-employment and outside-board-membership conflicts: e.g., LifeCenter reported 53 outside-employment conflicts plus 18 financial conflicts; Midwest Transplant Network 20 outside-employment and 2 board conflicts; LifeShare 22 outside-employment and 8 board conflicts; Donor Alliance 7 outside-employment and 8 board conflicts; Gift of Life Donor Program 8 outside-employment, 7 board-service, and 5 financial conflicts. The report criticized the disclosures as vague and inconsistently reviewed.
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