NATCO's Washington Representative keeps NATCO members informed of legislative bills and policies that affect their practice through articles, presentations and the resources below:

• UNOS Request For Information (RFI) October 07 - for software systems used to facilitate the matching of potential kidney recipients and donors
• NATCO's letter to the U.S. House of Representatives requesting CoSponsorship of H.R. 1764; William H. Frist Gift of Life Congressional Medal Act
• NATCO's position statements.
• Organ Donation & Recovery Act of 2004 talking points for meetings with Senators and Congressmen
• NATCO's comment on the Social Security Administration Proposed Rule regarding the Administrative Review Process for Adjudicating Initial Disability Claims
• Information from the Medicare Part D conference call held on August 17, 2006
• NATCO's response to the U.S. Pharmacopeia Medical Prescription Drug Benefit Model Guidelines to be used as a framework by participating drug plans in developing formularies.
• NATCO's Medicare Reform article printed in the March/April 2005 issue of the In Touch newsletter.
• Transplant Roundtable's House and Senate Appropriations letters supporting full funding of the Organ Donation Recovery and Improvement Act of 2004.
• Written testimony submitted by the Transplant Roundtable to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies regarding the Organ Donation Recovery and Improvement Act of 2004.

Wade Delk, with Applied Measurement Professionals, Inc. currently serves as NATCO's Washington Representatives.

He participates in the Transplant Roundtable with Washington Representatives from other key transplant related organizations. They discuss legislation and regulatory information that effects transplantation and donation.

Wade played a key role in submitting NATCO's comments regarding the proposed CMS regulations. He works directly with NATCO's Immediate Past President and Public Policy Committee to create NATCO's legislative initiatives.