MTN Ranks Among Top 10 in the Nation

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2025 OPO Annual Public Aggregated Performance Report, which outlines individual organ procurement organization (OPO) performance in 2023, the most current year that data is available.

The report notes that of 55 federally certified U.S. OPOs:

• 30 — including Midwest Transplant Network — are Tier 1 (54%)
• 16 are Tier 2 (29%)
• 10 are Tier 3 (18%)

This report ranks all OPOs into one of three tiers based on donation and transplantation rates. Tier 1 OPOs have the upper 95% confidence limit at or above the top 25th percentile cutoff for both the donation and transplantation rates. Each OPO’s tier ranking also has a letter associated: A is the highest possible performance in a tier, and E is the lowest.

Midwest Transplant Network is No. 4 in the nation for organ donation and No. 7 for transplantation rates; it has been among the top OPOs for both rates all four years the report has been released.

“Being a high-performing organ procurement organization means we are doing all the right things when it comes to saving lives through organ, eye and tissue donation. Midwest Transplant Network is truly dedicated to being innovative in our care of donor heroes and in our support of donor families. We are committed to working with hospitals and transplant centers to make a positive impact toward donation and transplantation, and we are focused on awareness and being inclusive of all the communities we serve across Kansas and western Missouri,” said Jan Finn, RN, MSN, President & Chief Executive Officer.

Midwest Transplant Network’s assessment rating in Tier 1A reflects the quality, professionalism and excellence in partnerships throughout Kansas and western Missouri, as well as the incredible generosity of organ, eye and tissue donors and their families. It also reflects the commitment MTN staff have toward the mission of saving lives by honoring the gifts of organ, eye and tissue donation.

To learn more about Midwest Transplant Network and the importance of becoming a registered organ donor, please visit mwtn.org