Organ Transplantation has many clinical and financial issues that must be adhered to, not only for good clinical outcomes, but for CMS, Medicare, UNOS, OIG, ASHI, JCAHO, IHLTS, and ESRD compliance. Simply stated - Organ Transplantation is one of the most regulated specialties in healthcare. Anyone who has had in-depth involvement in Organ Transplantation will acknowledge that the Medicare Rules and Regulations governing this cost-based system are extremely complex and often misinterpreted.

We recognize that because each Transplant Center is unique, so too are our consulting engagements. Guidry & East designs each project based on the specific needs of the client Transplant Center. Therefore, your specific needs may require a combination of several consulting categories...or one not addressed at all.

Jim Guidry, MEd, MBA
President

Guidry & East offers expert consulting services to Transplant Centers to bring efficiency, improve financial results, and enhance quality patient care. Our consulting team has collectively over 150 years of Clinical Transplant experience and includes experienced Transplant Administrators who have been responsible for gross revenues of over $200 million - Multi-Organ Transplant Centers ranging in size from 220 to as many as 400 Transplants per year. Their collective experience includes:

• Started and developed one of the largest Liver Transplant programs in the United States
• Started and developed one of the largest Heart Transplant programs in the United States
• Developed the UNOS Transplant Management Forum
• Two past Chairs of the UNOS Transplant Management Forum
• Held Executive Director roles in two Organ Procurement Organizations
• Background in Transplant Center staffing analysis
• Expert in Medicare Organ Acquisition Cost Reports
• Testified before the Stark Committee of the US House of Representatives regarding House Bill 4077 on Organ Acquisition Cost
• Extensive program initiation and development experience
• Extensive public speaking background, both nationally and internationally
• Directed a section of an NIH funded organization involved in donor-related research studies

Guidry & East is a full-service transplant consulting firm specializing in the audit and clinical analysis of Medicare Organ Acquisition Cost Reports. Our transplant consultants have assisted medical centers in developing transplant business solutions specifically designed for growing transplant programs, improving transplant operations, and the transplant financial product line. Additional offerings to transplant centers include the development of transplant strategic plans, transplant outreach programs, transplant feasibility studies, interim transplant management, and review of transplant Conditions of Participation (COP). Guidry & East also provides transplant consulting for hospital-based HLA Labs as well as Independent HLA Labs.