Kidney & Liver Transplant Financial Bootcamp

The Financial Bootcamp is divided into three units: The Nuts and Bolts of Transplant Finance, Putting Knowledge into Action, and Financial Planning in 2021 and Beyond. Each unit includes both liver and kidney topics including understanding transplant finance, contracting, financial impacts of living donation, staffing models, budgeting, effects of COVID-19 on transplant centers, regulatory updates, and more. Each unit was recorded as video and posted on the ASTS Academic Universe. Live Q&A sessions for each unit were held one week after each unit's release. They occurred on March 5th, 12th, and 19th. The recording of each live Q&A session is available within each unit.

ASTS is grateful to CareDx, Natera, Inc., Novartis, and Veloxis Pharmaceuticals for sponsoring this program!

  • Unit III: Financial Planning
    Contains 9 Component(s), Includes Credits
    Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
    CME Certificate Medical CME 3.00 0.00

    Unit III: Financial Planning

    Program: 

    10 minutes - SRTR Program Performance and Effect on Payors: Ryo Hirose, MD
    10 minutes - Financial Impacts of Machine Perfusion: James Guarerra, MD
    10 minutes - Regulatory Updates from Powers: Diane Millman, JD
    20 minutes - Effects of COVID-19 on Transplant Centers: Bob Higgins, MD
    30 minutes - Bringing All the Strategies Together: Developing a Transplant Center Business Plan: Renee Bennett, RN, BSN, MSN, CCTC, CCTN and Charlie Miller, MD
    90 minutes - Live Q&A - March 19, 2021, 12-1:30pm Eastern: All speakers from unit

  • Unit II: Putting Knowledge into Action
    Contains 9 Component(s), Includes Credits
    Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
    CME Certificate Medical CME 3.75 0.00

    Unit II: Putting Knowledge into Action

    Program: 

    30 minutes - Contracting in Liver and Kidney Transplant Mindy Scharlin, MPH
    20 minutes - Financial Impacts of Living Liver Donation Tomoaki Kato, MD, MBA
    10 minutes - Financial Impacts of Living Kidney Donation Ken Andreoni, MD
    30 minutes - Staffing Models and Budgeting, Requesting, and Justifying Your Resources Jennifer Milton, MBA, CCTC, BSN
    90 minutes - Live Q&A - March 12, 2021, 12-1:30pm Eastern All speakers from unit


  • Unit I: The Nuts and Bolts of Transplant Finance
    Contains 7 Component(s), Includes Credits
    Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
    CME Certificate Medical CME 2.75 0.00

    Unit I: The Nuts and Bolts of Transplant Finance

    Program: 

    30 minutes - Understanding Transplant Finance: Kidney David Axelrod, MD, MBA
    30 minutes - Understanding Transplant Finance: Liver John Gutowski, FACHE, MHA, MBA
    20 minutes - Understanding Transplant Finance: Working with your OPO Jason Wellen, MD, MBA
    90 minutes - Live Q&A - March 5, 2021, 12-1:30pm Eastern All speakers from unit