News Widely used test kept Black people from getting kidney transplants sooner. Now that’s changing. January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY Comments Off on Widely used test kept Black people from getting kidney transplants sooner. Now that’s changing. The widely used eGFR test overestimates kidney function in Black patients, leaving some off the transplant list. A new policy tries to correct that.