PRESS RELEASES

HEiTC Executive Chairman Al B. Sure!, Co-Founder Rachel Noerdlinger, Advisors Rev. Al Sharpton, Jennifer Jones Austin, and Council Member Justin Brannan to Lead Conversation in New York City

Honor Celebrates Global Recording Artist and Wellness Ambassador’s Personal Health Journey, Transformative Work in Texas and Across the Nation to Expand Access

Notes Record of Innovative Heart Transplants Gives Hope to Transplant Community they Will Have a Partner in CMS in Lifting Barriers to Transplants and other Critical Services

Coalition Led by Al B. Sure!, Rev. Al Sharpton, and Rachel Noerdlinger Adds Veteran Public Policy Experts with Real-Life Experience on Healthcare Access

Urges Incoming Federal Leadership to Expand Access to Organ Transplants, Create Parity in Healthcare Coverage for America’s Most Vulnerable Populations

Al B. Sure!, Chairman of the Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition, issued a warning in today’s New York Daily News that a closure at the West 30th Street Heliport would put lives at risk.

CMS retiring draft LCD underscores the merits of lifesaving blood tests for transplant patients and the power of community and grassroots advocacy to ensure health equity in transplantation

Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition Executive Chairman celebrates the Games' commitment to the transplantation community and advancing health equity for all

HEiTC Executive Chairman Al B. Sure! Notes Liberation Means Health, Economic, and All Forms of Justice

Honor Comes as Al B. Sure! Continues to Build Momentum in Fight for Transplant Equity, Restoration of Medicare Cuts

Report Obtained via Freedom of Information Act Shows Near-Unanimous Support Among Experts of Tests' Importance to Catch Rejection Months in Advance

Comes as Wall Street Journal Editorial Questions Why Private Contractor Resists Freedom of Information Requests; Raises Issue of a Coverup

Civil Rights Leader Raises Controversial Decision by Private Contractor to Restrict Medicare Coverage to Life-Saving Blood Test by Tying to Biopsy

HEiTC Chairman Al B. Sure! Gives Impassioned Call to Action for Thousands of Transplant Recipients Left Without Crucial Test Access

Call comes as transplant recipients on Medicare mark one year without access to blood test able to catch rejections early

Coalition continues the call for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to bridge the gap in coverage for Black and Brown transplant recipients

Sure! Relentlessly Seeks Coverage of Life-Saving Blood Testing for All Transplant Patients

Black and Brown communities on Medicare hit hard by double standard, endure year-long Medicare coverage gap for critical transplant rejection test

Report raises concerns of conflicting and unequal coverage guidance on life-saving tests able to catch rejection months in advance

Congressional Leader Pens Letter to HHS Sec. Becerra, CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure Expressing Deep Concern and Urging Immediate Restoration on Coverage for Lifesaving Blood Test Able to Catch Early Signs of Rejection

HEiTC Chair Al B. Sure! Calls Development Major Step Toward Justice for Black and Brown Patients Who Are Uncertain if Organs are Failing

Bipartisan leaders unite: Representative Don Bacon, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich express grave concern over private contractors rolling back transplant blood test coverage after CMS denies any changes and notable decline in patient testing

Reverend Al Sharpton and Al B. Sure! of the Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition and Paul T. Conway of the American Association of Kidney Patients join transplant advocates to fight Medicare rollbacks to non-invasive blood tests that monitor organ health.

Joins Al B. Sure!, Rev. Al Sharpton, and bipartisan members of Congress in fight to restore Medicare coverage for life-saving blood tests that detect early signs of organ rejection, especially important for Black and Brown communities

Al B! and Rev. Sharpton align with bipartisan members of Congress, transplant patients, and physicians from across the country calling for immediate reversal of Medicare cutbacks for blood tests caused by a sudden, March 2, 2023 announcement by a Medicare private contractor, reversing Medicare coverage of these blood tests going back six years

New Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition (HETC) is speaking on behalf of Black, Hispanic, and Latino Americans, and others in underserved communities to restore Medicare coverage for transplant patients

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich supports HETC goals to oppose any changes in longstanding Medicare coverage for transplant blood tests.