Organ Procurement Groups Come Up Short, Risk HHS Action (1)

Nearly three-fourths of the nonprofit organizations that connect organ donors with recipients on waiting lists throughout the country are either failing in their duties or underperforming, according to data released Friday by the Biden administration.

Forty-two percent, or 24, of the nation’s 56 organ procurement organizations were operating at the lowest-performing tier 3 level in 2021, according to a report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. That’s up from 16 tier 3 OPOs—28%—in 2019, the report found.

Meanwhile, the number and percentage of tier 1 OPOs, the highest performing organizations, fell to 15, or 26% of all OPOs, ...