Overview: The Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model (IOTA) - January 28

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services established a new mandatory model, the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model (IOTA), which aims to increase access to kidney transplants, improve health outcomes and reduce Medicare expenditures for individuals undergoing the process to receive a kidney transplant.  Model performance will begin July 1, 2025 and the model will apply to 103 transplant hospitals, providing them with a financial incentive to perform more transplants and a disincentive to perform fewer. This webinar will provide an overview of key provisions in the IOTA model, including financial incentives, calculation of performance scores, waivers and flexibilities under the model, transparency requirements, and other policies.

Gayle Lee, JD
Senior Director, Government Relations and Public Policy

Gayle Lee is the Senior Director of Policy and Regulatory at the Association of American Medical Colleges. Ms. Lee has an expansive background in health care law, regulation, advocacy, and policy. She is responsible for educating and advocating on federal regulations and policies that impact teaching hospitals and physicians. Prior to joining AAMC, Ms. Lee served as Senior Director of Health Finance and Quality at the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) where her key areas of responsibility involved Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA and health care reform regulations impacting rehabilitation. Before APTA, Ms. Lee was the Assistant Counsel and Policy Coordinator at the American Rehabilitation Association where she worked on issues that affected rehabilitation hospitals and units. Ms. Lee received her law degree at the Washington College of Law at the American University DC and completed her undergraduate work at Pennsylvania State University located in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Phoebe Ramsey, JD
Director, Physician Payment & Quality

Phoebe Ramsey is the Director of Physician Payment & Quality Policy at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) focusing on issues relating to health care quality measurement, value-based care payment design, health equity, and health information technology. She also provides policy insight as a member of the AAMC Center for Health Justice’s Policy Team. Before joining the AAMC, she led the Next Generation and Pioneer ACO Model Teams at the CMS Innovation Center. Ms. Ramsey earned her law degree with honors from American University’s Washington College of Law and her bachelor’s degree with honors from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs.