Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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.
The Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency (LAORA), a division of the University of Miami Health System, is one of 55 federally authorized nonprofits that allocate organs for transplant.
