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Liver transplant program gets Medicare certification Friday, May 4, 2007 Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK - The medical center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received certification by the Medicare program for liver transplants, UAMS officials said Thursday. The new certification, effective April 24, will greatly expand the state's only liver transplant program, UAMS officials said. Since the transplant program began nearly two years ago, 52 people have had the life-saving surgery and 15 more are on a transplant waiting list. "Our liver transplant program has begun and matured with excellent results," said Dr. Michael Edwards, chairman of the UAMS College of Medicine's surgery department. "Medicare approval is a stamp of national recognition for which we as an institution can be proud." Richard , executive director of the medical center, said the "Medicare endorsement of our transplant program enables us to deliver on one of the goals behind establishing the program - providing care for Arkansans who otherwise would have had to go out of state for a liver transplant." |
