Despite record levels of donation and transplant, faulty federal regulations threaten the closure of organ procurement organizations across the United States. The New Hampshire Bulleting is covering the issue indepth…
“We recognize no regulation is ‘perfect,’ and that accountability for (organ procurement organizations) is important to serving the system … However, this regulatory approach of combining mathematically flawed metrics with draconian consequences for the majority of non-profit organizations in the world’s top performing donation and transplant system seems particularly ill-advised.”
— Letter to US Health and Human Services from the leaders of New England’s 14 transplant centers