Biden recently signed a bill aimed at breaking up the monopoly that allowed a single private nonprofit to be the sole contractor for the nation's organ transplant system.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has launched a bipartisan investigation into the U.S. organ transplant system - the latest scrutiny of the system following reports from the Senate and whistleblowers alleging its failures and mismanagement.Joe Biden
The letter added, "According to HRSA statistics, approximately 17 Americans die everyday waiting for an organ transplant, and a disproportionate number of them are patients of color and/or rural Americans." The committee found at the time that some of the errors included failure from organ procurement organizations to complete mandatory tests for things like blood types and errors in delivering organs.
In the letter to UNOS CEO Maureen McBride, the committee requested information on UNOS' data and IT system, a breakdown of "an additional 35,000 deaths of waiting list candidates and transplant recipients," and an explanation of their protocols and procedures to inform HRSA of "adverse events and potential patient safety concerns."
Following his testimony, Shepard called many of the allegations against UNOS "misperceptions" in a letter and said the Senate committee "misunderstood the role UNOS has been assigned by the government within the nation's organ donation and transplant system."
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