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Addressing Disparities in Access to Transplant: The ESRD Patient Evaluation Clearinghouse (EPEC)

Award Number: 1W1CMS331888
ORGANIZATION: HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS
OPDIV: CMS
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2024

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Addressing Disparities in Access to Transplant: The ESRD Patient Evaluation Clearinghouse (EPEC) - Funding Opportunity Number: CMS-1W1-22-001 CFDA: 93.779 Applicant Name: The University of Illinois at Chicago Descriptive Title of Applicant Project: Addressing Disparities in Access to Transplant: The ESRD Patient Evaluation Clearinghouse (EPEC) Project Abstract (2762 of 4000 characters) The prevailing literature of the field asserts that end stage renal disease (ESRD), like it’s precursors hypertension and diabetes, is disproportionately borne by persons of burdened socioeconomic and demographic status. Renal transplant is the optimal therapy for ESRD yet minorities face disparities in transplant referral, evaluation, listing, and outcomes. Printed materials, online resources, and face-to-face interventions have attempted to address disparities in transplantation and living donation along racial and socioeconomic lines. However, they often fail to address the gatekeeping of nephrology and dialysis providers or the general lack of inter-program standards impeding the patient’s ability to access transplantation. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) developed the ESRD Patient Evaluation Clearinghouse (EPEC) research project to take aim at those barriers to a successful, efficient transplant experience. The research pilots personalized assessments of dialysis patients by unaffiliated transplant professionals. The study will intentionally engage patients at dialysis centers in Cook County’s low-resourced neighborhoods to ensure oversampling of burdened populations demonstrated to suffer from disparities in access to renal transplant. The goals of the project are to inform patients of their individualized characteristics impacting transplantability and educate them regarding Cook County transplant tendencies which provide the most utility to them and do so in a manner respectful of their culture and transplant knowledgeability. The intended outcome of the research is the efficient matching of participant characteristics to transplant program functionality as to lessen the socioeconomic and demographic disparities in access to renal transplantation. Long-term researchers expect additional Medicare beneficiaries will seek and attain transplants with each beneficiary conversion saving CMS $54,666 per patient per year. The requested budget for this project is $332,067 during the two-year grant period. The budget supports the manpower needed to create a de novo method of comparing geographically collocated transplant programs and providing individualized support from a transplant professional. A majority of the budget is dedicated to the UIC staff and consultants who will collect and analyze transplant center information, create and administer surveys of ESRD patients, and perform assessment and education sessions for study participants. Evidence to support the hypothesis that individualized intervention improves patient willingness and ability to be transplanted could be impetus for a national transplant patient clearinghouse in an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = -$219,226 )
2025	2022	University of Illinois	809 S Marshfield Ave M/C 551	Chicago	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations	02	1	8/29/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$219,226
														Subtotal = -$219,226

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2022	University of Illinois	809 S Marshfield Ave M/C 551	Chicago	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations	01	1	12/20/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $333,067 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS	809 S Marshfield Rm 520	Chicago	IL	60612	COOK	USA	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Research, Demonstrations and Evaluations	00	1	9/29/2022	NEW	$333,067
														Subtotal = $333,067

Grand Total All Awards = $113,841

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Addressing Disparities in Access to Transplant: The ESRD Patient Evaluation Clearinghouse (EPEC)

Award Number: 1W1CMS331888

ORGANIZATION: HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS

OPDIV: CMS

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2024

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