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Aetna’s National Medical Excellence Program®(NME) provides focused,
specialized coverage for some of our neediest members, those requiring
organ transplants.
Hospitals that have been selected to participate in our enhanced national transplant network, the Institutes
of Excellence™, have met stringent quality thresholds for volumes and outcomes, based on rigorous creden-
tialing criteria and high performance standards.
The call for organ donors in our country is an urgent one and the statistics dire. According to the
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), more than , people currently await transplants, and
every  minutes a new name is added to the national waiting list. For each person on the list who receives
a transplant, two more are added. In , nearly , patients died waiting for organs.
Aetna provides coverage for solid organ and bone marrow transplants as a standard part of all compre-
hensive benefits plans. What’s more, we actively promote organ donation as a charter member of the
Workplace Partnership for Life. Through this public-private initiative spearheaded by Secretary of Health
and Human Services Tommy Thompson, employers are using the workplace as a venue to build public
awareness of organ, tissue, marrow and blood donation.
NME helps members and their families receive access to care in an appropriate setting. It also
comprises the National Special Cases Program, which assists members who are faced with rare or
complex conditions requiring specialized treatment, and a comprehensive Out-of-Country Program, which
assists members who are admitted to the hospital for medical emergencies while traveling abroad.
A Gift of Life