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Committee opens oversight hearing into organ procurement, seeks answers from CMS and transplant community
Summary
An oversight hearing opened with the presiding member asking witnesses to explain whistleblower reports, whether failures lie with hospitals, OPOs, advocates or CMS, and whether organ-allocation scoring needs revision.
Unidentified Speaker (Moderator) opened an oversight hearing, saying the committee began requests for information last April and has received whistleblower responses alleging problems in organ procurement and placement. The presiding member praised the lifesaving role of organ procurement organizations (OPOs) while emphasizing that the committee intended to hold organizations accountable.
The moderator…
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