EXCLUSIVE – House Republicans and Democrats are pressing the Department of Health and Human Services to increase transparency on possible “systemic problems” and “threats to patient safety” in the national organ transplant system, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner.

Bipartisan leadership on the Energy and Commerce Committee wrote to Health Resources and Services Administrator Thomas Engels on Friday, probing whether the agency is able to conduct a wide-ranging review of patient safety after multiple reported incidents of organ donor patients being egregiously mistreated by organ procurement organizations.