HHS moves to shut down major organ donation group in latest steps to reform nation’s transplant system

The US Department of Health and Human Services plans certain actions to reform the national Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Jacqueline Larma/AP/File

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.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the move a “clear warning” to other groups that also work to coordinate organ donations.

HHS officials are moving to close the Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency , a division of the University of Miami Health System, after an investigation uncovered unsafe practices, staffing shortages and pa