Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a troubling announcement on Wednesday.
Kennedy stated HHS was decertifying Network for Hope, a nonprofit group that coordinates organ donations serving Kentucky and parts of Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia. What he said happened is shocking.
Kennedy explained that reviews by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) showed “persistent patient safety failures despite repeated oversights, repeated warnings, corrective action plans, and multiple opportunities to improve.” He said there were "serious deficiencies" in at least 30 percent of the cases they examined.
This is very concerning.
🚨 BREAKING: Secretary RFK Jr. has DECERTIFIED Kentucky’s organ procurement organization Network for Hope after they IGNORED signs of life from SEVERAL patients scheduled for organ donations
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 5, 2026
This is BEYOND evil. People should be LOCKED UP over this.
Despite signs of life, the… pic.twitter.com/fcdTTrAD33
“We found patients placed on the organ donation pathway who should’ve never been there,” Kennedy continued. “We found cases with a donation process continued, despite signs that patients were not appropriate organ donors.”
Kennedy reported there were "repeated failures in clinical judgment, oversight and patient safety" and that the problems continued after the organization promised to correct them. He even pointed to one case where a man showed signs of life as he was being prepared to have his organs removed. Fortunately, the doctors stopped the procedure. That man was alive and at Kennedy's announcement.
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However, that wasn't all.
But a federal investigation last year determined that the group had similarly ignored signs of growing alertness in more than 70 other patients. Although the organ removals were eventually canceled, the investigation said multiple patients exhibited pain or distress as they were being readied for surgery.
The Network for Hope organization said they are planning to appeal the decision and disputed the report.
The organization said in a statement that it had complied with all federal policies and enacted patient safeguards, and that “more than 3,000 people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant will be negatively impacted by the decision announced today.”
All its responsibilities will be awarded to another nonprofit.
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