HHS Plans To Shut Down Major Organ Procurement Organization
The move would mark the first time the federal government has decertified an organ procurement organization.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to shut down a major organ procurement organization. The HHS has been investigating the Live Alliance organization. The department reportedly uncovered “years of unsafe practices, poor training, chronic under-performance, under-staffing, and paperwork errors.” “We are acting because of years of documented patient safety data failures and repeated violations of federal requirements,…