HHS to reform organ transplant system after investigation finds 'disturbing practices'

The Department of Health and Human Services, under the direction of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., announced an initiative on Monday to begin reforming the organ transplant system after an investigation uncovered “disturbing practices.”

The Health Resources and Services Administration, which is housed under HHS, ordered the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to review a transplant case from the Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates, a federally-funded organ procurement organization that serves Kentucky, southwest Ohio, and part of West Virginia.