HHS Decertifies Florida Organ Transplant Agency Over ‘Patient Safety’ Concerns

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 off the donor list,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a news conference.