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An agency set up to keep records of persons needing organ transplants and donor organs available, and to match the two with such speed that the surgery can be performed. Also, an organization designated by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) as qualified to obtain and supply organs for transplantation in the Medicare program.<\/p>\n

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