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HRSA says care will continue while agencies monitor and move to replace the decertified OPO
Summary
HRSA Administrator Tom Ingalls said HRSA directed corrective actions through the OPTN and that HRSA and CMS will closely monitor Network for Hope while ensuring patients continue to receive care; officials said CMS is proceeding with a replacement process for the organization.
Tom Ingalls, who identified himself as the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, said HRSA has overseen a modernization of the organ transplant system and has worked with the OPTN to implement a comprehensive corrective action plan. He said HRSA coordinated with CMS to analyze operations and to assess corrective actions but that significant patient-safety concerns persisted despite repeated opportunities to improve.
“Care will still be offered to the patients that are served by this organization. That will not stop,” Ingalls said, adding that HRSA and CMS will continue to closely monitor the organization while CMS proceeds with a process to replace it. Officials said the steps are intended to protect patient safety during the transition.
