Florida hospitals divided over proposed changes to organ

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Several major Florida hospitals are in a legal dispute over a new state proposal for approving organ-transplant programs.

Tampa General, UF Health Shands, and Jackson Memorial hospitals argue the new rule lacks sufficient quality-of-care standards.

Nemours Children’s, Memorial Healthcare, and AdventHealth support the proposal, which was developed after a committee debate.

TALLAHASSEE — High-profile Florida hospitals are lining up to battle over a new state proposal about approving organ-transplant programs.

Nemours Children’s Hospital last week moved to intervene at the state Division of Administrative Hearings to support a proposed transplant-programs rule issued in August by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. That came after Memorial Healthcare Sy