House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is pressing the HHS to explain why it hasn’t issued guidance for a 2020 Trump-era rule that would shutter ineffective groups tasked with linking deceased organ donors with waiting recipients.
Twenty-four, or 42%, of organ procurement organizations operated at the lowest-performing Tier 3 level in 2021, the most recent year with available data. The rule calls for OPOs in Tier 3, based on their 2024 performance, to face decertification from the federal organ transplant program in 2026 if they fail to show improvement.
The rule is aimed at bolstering OPO performance and addressing longstanding ...
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