by Sean Fitzpatrick | Mar 12, 2026 | News
Kenny Laferriere was only age 17, when he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a disease that impacts the heart muscle and makes it harder for it to pump blood effectively. In 2001, he received the heart donation and transplant that saved his life. At a recent event,...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Jun 3, 2025 | News
On the Friday afternoon before the Memorial Day weekend, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued their Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Public Aggregated Performance 2024 and 2025 Reports for data years 2022 and 2023, and, yes, CMS data lags...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Jan 9, 2024 | News
A website called The Markup – funded by the same foundation that is providing financial support to organizations that are looking to add for-profit corporations to the donation and transplant policy making process and are interested in competing for contracts to...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Jun 2, 2022 | Milestone
3,000th Heart Transplanted from a New England Donor New England Donor Services coordinates the donation of the 3,000th heart for transplant from donors in the region. (BOSTON) – This week, the 3,000th donated heart was recovered in New England for use in a...
