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HHS moves to shut down major organ donation group in latest steps to reform nation’s transplant system
Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency faces decertification after a federal investigation revealed a 65% staffing shortage causing up to eight missed organ recoveries weekly, risking patient lives.
- HHS is moving to decertify the Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency, citing a long record of deficiencies, effectively removing the Miami-based group from the national donation network.
- A federal investigation earlier this year found `horrifying` issues like organ harvesting before death and HHS cited years of repeated safety violations, prompting reforms at the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
- The review found more than 100 cases with concerning features, including failures to follow best practices and a patient who awoke during organ harvesting, according to federal investigators and Life Alliance records.
- HHS directed organ procurement organizations to appoint full-time patient safety officers and ordered the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to strengthen safeguards; Life Alliance may appeal decertification, officials noted.
- As of 2022, over 48,000 transplants occurred, but more than 103,000 people remained on waiting lists; the Life Alliance serves regions across South Florida and the Bahamas.
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HHS Decertifies Florida Organ Transplant Agency Over ‘Patient Harm’
WASHINGTON—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has for the first time decertified an organ procurement group mid-cycle, addressing patient safety concerns as part of a move to root out unsafe practices in the organ transplant system that could cost patients’ lives. “Every American should feel safe becoming an organ donor and giving the gift of life, yet decades of ignored patient safety concerns have driven more and more Americans …
HHS moves to shut down major organ donation group in latest steps to reform nation’s transplant system
As part of its efforts to strengthen the country’s organ transplant system, the US Department of Health and Human Services says it is moving to decertify a major organ procurement organization – essentially shutting it down and removing it from the nation’s network of organ donation groups.
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