Close the gap between capacity and performance
YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE ISN’T CLINICAL, IT’S OPERATIONAL AND WE CAN HELP
An Operational Partner for Modern Transplant Programs
Buckeye partners with transplant programs to identify where operational friction is limiting transplant growth and patient access. By analyzing performance trends, offer behavior, waitlist activity, and workflow bottlenecks, we help programs focus on the areas with the highest potential impact.
Using operational data, clinical insight, and purpose-built infrastructure, Buckeye helps programs implement measurable improvements while maintaining governance, equity, and clinical oversight. We build a specific picture of where performance is being left on the table, then stay accountable for helping you recover it. Learn more about how we approach each partnership.
Four Gaps, All Solvable
After working with transplant centers across the US, the performance gaps almost always concentrate in the same four places. Your team is likely living inside at least one of them.
Referral Pipeline
Patients lost before they reach your coordinator. Slow intake, no visibility into what stalled.
Offer Decision Window
Organs that expire because evaluation takes too long, or information arrives in the wrong format.
Offer Decision Window
Organs that expire because evaluation takes too long, or information arrives in the wrong format.
Staffing Operational Fatigue
Every unnecessary minute between procurement and transplant adds clinical risk.
How We Do It
As the largest provider of transplant services, we support a wide range of centers—small, medium, and high-volume programs across every major organ type. That scale creates a unique ecosystem where insights, patterns, and best practices continually reinforce each other and flow back to our partners.
Here’s what you can expect from our partnership:
| Technology That Gets Smarter as the Network Grows
Buckeye’s technology, powered through an exclusive partnership with Afflo, helps transplant teams work smarter. Our tools streamline offer management, automate routine workflows, and provide real-time insights so your team can focus on patients.
| Best Practices: Codified and Tested
Our reporting tools provide real-time and retrospective updates, so transplant teams always know the status of offers, cases, and key decisions. Leverage our analytic insights to grow your program and improve transplant care.
| More Offers Handled
As the largest provider of transplant services in the nation, we can reduce offer “noise” and focus attention on highest-value opportunities so you can transplant more patients. Learn more about how we can help your program grow.
| A Team You Can Trust
With over 150 experienced transplant professionals, we provide expert support with a personal touch. Our team is available 24/7 to provide support and step in whenever extra help is needed. Meet the team.
| Keep Your Data Safe
Buckeye is ISO 27001 certified and HIPAA compliant. Our security protocols are continuously monitored and updated to comply with evolving global data protection and privacy standards. Safeguard your data with Buckeye.
| Transparent Billing
We use a straightforward, consistent and data-based billing model that is transparent and carefully tailored to support the budgetary needs of your program. Contact us to learn how we simplify billing for your peace of mind.
Our Solutions
We support your transplant program at every stage. From referral through logistics, we optimize each step to deliver faster, more efficient care and improve overall program performance through a seamless integration of clinical expertise, technology, and operational workflows.
01 Automated Referral
Automate your fax or paper-based referral process to accurately evaluate referrals to get patients on the waitlist sooner and strengthen your program’s performance. We help your team focus on patients, not paperwork.
02 Patient Management
Keep patients active and ready while minimizing delays, improving readiness, and supporting a high-performing center. We coordinate care and provide actionable insights, while optimizing every step of the patient journey.
03 Offer Evaluation
Streamline organ offer review with Afflo-powered tools or use Buckeye’s expert team to make timely, precise, and informed decisions. We’re here to support your team by reducing their administrative burden.
04 Logistics & Routing
Transport organs quickly, safely, and cost-effectively with our knowledgeable staff, robust carrier network and unique routing technology. Our services combine transparent pricing, and auditable processes, and proven reliability.
The Buckeye Model
Technology Powering Our Clinicians or Yours
Our technology is the foundation, empowering you to choose the staffing model that fits your program. Use Buckeye’s specialists, your own team, or a blend of both. Either way, the Buckeye platform ensures everything runs on a unified, data-driven system that strengthens coordination, reporting, and results.
Buckeye LENS™
For teams with existing in-house expertise, LENS™ is a standalone solution to streamline offer triage, case operations, manage organ offer notifications, and reduce administrative overhead. Originally developed for our internal team, this customizable tool is now available to support your program. By providing actionable insights and automated support, we help your in-house team focus on what matters most. See how the Buckeye LENS™ can optimize your program by helping your team perform at peak efficiency.
Take Your Program to the Next Level
Getting started is simple. Set up a call with us and we’ll work with you to tailor the right solutions to support your program. We’ll guide you every step of the way to ensure a smooth and seamless implementation.