HHS moves to decertify organ procurement agency

As part of its efforts to strengthen the country’s organ transplant system, the U.S. 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. Advertisement

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 paperwork errors, Kennedy said Thursday.

“We are acting because of years of documented Patient Safety Data failures and repeated violations of federal