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September 11, 2015

Agenda
Agenda (PDF - 76.93 KB)
Presentations
Cord Blood Work Group (PDF - 84.08 KB)
Economics of Cord Blood Banking (PDF - 203.39 KB)
Related Haploidentical BMT (PDF - 1.79 MB)
Work Group Report: Advancing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation For Hemoglobinopathies (PDF - 82.03 KB)
ACBSCT Update on NMDP Payer Activity (PDF - 529.08 KB)
Program Report to the Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell Transplantation (PDF - 232.27 KB)
Summary of Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell Transplantation: Recommendations and Status (PDF - 74.93 KB)
Stem Cell Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease (PDF - 1.73 MB)
Summary of Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell Transplantation Recommendations (PDF - 79.06 KB)
Meeting Summary
Meeting Summary Notes (PDF - 178.96 KB)

Recommendations

Recommendation 27

The ACBSCT recommends that the Secretary encourage the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reimburse for the acquisition of blood stem cells, bone marrow, or umbilical cord blood products for hematopoietic stem cell transplant on a cost basis, consistent with CMS guidelines for solid organ transplants.

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